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On
Thursday, November 14, 2013, The New York Landmarks
Conservancy hosted its 20th Annual
“Living Landmarks” Celebration at The Plaza Hotel in New
York City. Some 400 guests honored this year’s “living
landmarks,” urban planner Ann
L. Buttenwieser, legendary
entertainer Joel
Grey, Dean and CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center Robert
I. Grossman, MD, advertising pioneer Mary
Wells Lawrence, actor and author Brooke
Shields, and Ambassador
William vanden Heuvel received
the Lew Rudin Living Landmark Award for Public Service. The
event raised some $900,000.
Living
Landmark Liz
Smith hosted
the event with Pat
and John Rosenwald serving
as Honorary Co-Chairs for the evening. Music was provided
by Living Landmark Peter
Duchin and
his Orchestra. In addition, the most iconic Landmark in
NYC, the Empire State Building, lit up the skyline in
Landmarks Conservancy’s colors-- red and white-- to salute
NYC’s iconic Gala, the Conservancy’s 20th Living
Landmarks Celebration.
The
gala kicked off with cocktails at 7:00 p.m. followed by
dinner and an awards presentation. Peg Breen, The New York
Landmarks Conservancy President, said, “This is a wonderful
double Anniversary celebration of 40 years of the Landmarks
Conservancy and 20 years of Living Landmarks.”
Guests who gathered to honor
this year’s extraordinary “living landmarks” included: Chita
Rivera, Chris Henchy, Lesley Stahl, Barbara Goldsmith,
Pavlos Papageorgou, Louise Kerz Hirschfeld & Lewis B.
Cullman, Mrs. John L. Loeb, Mary McFadden, Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt, Amy & Howard Rubenstein, Bill Rudin, Frank &
Barbara Sciame, Elizabeth Stribling & Guy Robinson, Pat &
John Rosenwald, Barbara Cook, Paul Binder & Michael
Christensen, Barbara & Donald Tober, Leonard Lauder, Bill
Bernhard & Catherine Cahill, Mildred Brinn, Stephen Lash,
Richard Ravitch, Kathleen Doyle, Joni Evans, Toni Goodale,
A.E. Hotchner, Arie Kopelman, Coco Kopelman, Sirio Maccioni,
Hillie Mahoney, Gillian & Sylvester Miniter, Elizabeth
Peabody, Samuel Peabody, Janet Ross, and Rose Marie Bravo.
Each year, The New York Landmarks Conservancy honors
distinguished New Yorkers from all professions as “Living
Landmarks” for their contributions to the City.
About
The New York Landmarks Conservancy:
The
New York Landmarks Conservancy is dedicated to celebrating,
preserving and protecting the iconic buildings and diverse
neighborhoods that define this vibrant and extraordinary
City. The Conservancy is the only private organization that
provides both financial and technical support in this
effort. Since it was founded 40 years ago, it has loaned
and granted more than $40 million to help people save their
homes and communities including cultural, religious and
social institutions. These grants and loans have in turn
mobilized more than $1 billion in more than 1,550 renovation
projects throughout New York providing much-needed economic
stimulus and supporting local jobs. No other group is
engaged in such a hands-on way in sustaining the City’s rich
architectural heritage. The Conservancy’s work generates
employment, promotes tourism and enhances the quality of
life for all New Yorkers. Please visit
www.nylandmarks.org
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