On Thursday, September
16, 2010, - "The Third Annual Benefit for the
Green-Wood Historic Fund" will take place at
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery to support the
impressive array of preservation projects,
community outreach events and educational programs that
take place at Green-Wood. The annual benefit will
feature cocktails, hors
d'oeuvres, live music, and
trolley rides, in addition to the presentation ceremony.
Elizabeth Barlow
Rogers will be honored with the Green-Wood Historic
Fund's DeWitt Clinton Award for Excellence. Rogers is
the president of the Foundation for Landscape Studies,
an educator, historian, author, and landscape
preservationist of world renown. She is also founding
president of the Central Park Conservancy, the
public-private partnership she created in 1980 and led
for 15 years. In her landmark tome, Landscape
Design, A Cultural and Architectural History,
Rogers writes extensively on the rural cemetery
movement in the early 19th century, including
Green-Wood's role as the direct predecessor to Central
and Prospect Parks.
The Green-Wood Historic
Fund, a 501(c)(3) membership organization, was
established in 1999 to maintain Green-Wood's monuments
and buildings of historical, cultural, and architectural
significance; to advance public knowledge and
appreciation of this significance; and to preserve the
natural habitat of one of New York City's first green
spaces. Additionally, the Historic Fund presents many
public events including themed walking tours, lectures
and other special exhibits.
The $150 ticket
admits one person to the Gala Cocktail Reception at the
Historic Chapel at Green-Wood. The $250 V.I.P.
ticket admits one person to the Gala Cocktail
Reception at the Historic Chapel at Green-Wood and
includes one year's Historic Fund membership at the
Pierrepont Fellow
$250 level).
For more information, to
purchase tickets, make a donation to the Green-Wood
Historic Fund, or to inquire about sponsorship or Host
Committee opportunities, please contact Lisa Alpert at
718-210-3011 or
lisa_alpert@green-wood.com
or visit
www.greenwoodcemetery.org .
Guests should RSVP by September 7, 2010. Attire
is business casual
and guests should enter at
Green-Wood's main gate at 25th
Street and 5th Avenue
in Brooklyn.
WHAT: "The
Third Annual Benefit for the Green-Wood Historic Fund"
will take place at Brooklyn's Green-Wood
Cemetery to support the
impressive array of preservation projects,
community outreach events and educational
programs that take place at Green-Wood. The event will
honor Elizabeth Barlow
Rogers, president of the Foundation
for Landscape Studies, an educator, historian, author,
and landscape preservationist of world renown and will
feature
cocktails,
hors d'oeuvres, live music,
trolley rides, and a presentation ceremony.
WHERE:
Green-Wood Cemetery - Enter at the main gate
(25th Street at 5th
Avenue, Brooklyn)
WHEN:
Thursday, September 16, 2010; 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
$150 ticket admits one person to the Gala
Cocktail Reception at the Historic Chapel at Green-Wood.
$250 V.I.P. ticket admits one person to the Gala
Cocktail Reception at the Historic Chapel at Green-Wood
and