ST. MARK’S HISTORIC LANDMARK FUND LECTURE SERIES
On Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 6:30pm, St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund will host a series of presentations and a panel discussion looking at the work of James Marston Fitch and the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation. This free event will be held in the Parish Hall of the St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, located at 131 East 10th Street (2nd Avenue), New York, New York.
The Lecture Series, sponsored by the St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund, brings distinguished scholars, authors, historians and other urbanists to the St. Mark’s campus for lectures and panel discussions that reflect the Landmark Fund’s commitment to community preservation and to educating the public on the cultural history of the St. Mark’s site and its surrounding neighborhood.
James Marston Fitch (1909-2000) was a preservation pioneer whose writings and teaching pushed the boundaries of our understanding and appreciation of historic resources. He considered architecture within the context of its surrounding environment, advocated for a democratic approach to preservation and inspired countless individuals concerned with the built environment. The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation was established to support projects of original research and creative design that advance the practice of historic preservation in the United States.
This year, on the occasion of James Marston Fitch’s 100th birthday, the Landmark Fund is pleased to welcome participants John Stubbs, Chairman, James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation & Vice President of Field Projects, World Monuments Fund, who will introduce the speakers and moderate the panel discussion; Joan K. Davidson, Chair, Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission & President, Furthermore-grants-in-publishing, a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund; William Higgins, Higgins Quasebarth and Partners; Theodore Prudon, Prudon & Partners; Mary Dierickx, Mary B. Dierickx Historic Preservation Consulting; Robert Silman, Robert Silman Associates; and Anne Van Ingen, Director, Architecture, Planning & Design Program and Capital Projects, New York State Council on the Arts. The Fitch Charitable Foundation’s 2008 grant awardees will also be announced.
Founded in 1979, the St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund is a 501 c (3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the buildings and grounds of the historic St. Mark’s site.