Gibson House Museum Presents: A Description of the New York Central Park- Book Talk by Maureen Meister
When:
Monday, Jun 12, 2017 6:00p -
7:00p
Monday, Jun 12, 2017 6:00p -
7:00p
Where:
The Gibson House Museum
137 Beacon St.
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Admission:
$12
Event website:
http://www.thegibsonhouse.org/events.html
A Description of the New York Central Park by Clarence C. Cook, issued in 1869, is recognized as the most important book about the park to appear during its early years. This work has been republished with a new Introduction by Maureen Meister that reveals the roles of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the creation of the book, which served in part to champion their vision for a major public park—a park that would become a model for the nation.
A wine and cheese reception will be held at 6:00 p.m., with the program at 6:30 p.m.
The charge is $10 for members, $12 for non-members.
Pre-registration is required at [email protected] or 617-267-6338.
Maureen Meister is an art historian who has taught for many years at Boston-area universities, including Tufts, Lesley, and Northeastern. She is the author of Arts and Crafts Architecture: History and Heritage in New England and Architecture and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Boston: Harvard’s H. Langford Warren and is the editor of H. H. Richardson: The Architect, His Peers, and Their Era.
The Gibson House Museum is located at 137 Beacon Street, between Arlington and Berkeley streets, convenient to both the Arlington Street subway stop on the Green Line and the Charles Street and Park Street subway stops on the Red Line.
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