A Lecture with Anthony Tung

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008, 6:30-8pm

Grace Church School

84 Fourth Avenue

Anthony M. Tung, author of Preserving the World's Great Cities: The Destruction and Renewal of the Historic Metropolis and former New York City Landmarks Preservation Commissioner, presented a talk that envisioned the state of urban preservation on different continents at the moment when Mayor Robert F. Wagner signed the New York City Landmarks Preservation statute in 1965. 

With the process of civilization unfolding at varying speeds, igniting the upheaval of urban modernization, how did the heritage of London, Beijing, Mexico City, Rome, and Warsaw fare? Mr. Tung showed accompanying photographs to complement his lecture.  This event was co-sponsored by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the Neighborhood Preservation Center and the Historic Districts Council.