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“LIVING
LANDMARKS” CELEBRATION DRAWS DISTINGUISHED
NEW YORKERS AT NEW
YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY GALA
Barbara
Taylor Bradford, OBE & Robert Bradford, Larry Leeds, Wynton
Marsalis,
Mary
Lake Polan & Frank Bennack and Nina & Tim Zagat Honored |
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On November 2, 2016, The New York Landmarks
Conservancy hosted its 22nd Living Landmarks Celebration at
The Plaza. This year’s honorees were acclaimed author and
film producer Barbara
Taylor Bradford, OBE & Robert
Bradford, financier and philanthropist Larry
Leeds, musician and composer Wynton
Marsalis, physician and media executive Mary Lake
Polan & Frank Bennack, and Zagat Co-Founders Nina
& Tim Zagat. The
evening was the Conservancy’s largest and most successful
gala, welcoming over 370 guests and raising more than
$970,000 for the nonprofit organization.
The host for the evening was Living Landmark Paul
Binder, and music was provided by Living Landmark Peter
Duchin and
his Orchestra. Living Landmarks Philip
J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel served
as Honorary Co-Chairs for the evening.
Guests who gathered to celebrate this year’s
extraordinary honorees included: Christopher Forbes;
Geoffrey Bradfield; Bernadette Castro; Gordon Davis; Carole
Bailey French and John French III; Barbara and Peter
Georgescu; Veronica and Ray Kelly; Janet C. Ross; Barbara
and Frank Sciame; Elizabeth Stribling and Guy Robinson;
Barbara and Donald Tober; Lindsay Wagner; Sandra and Stan
Warshawsky; Sue Ann Weinberg; E. John Rosenwald, Jr.; Daryl
and Steven Roth, Robert A.M. Stern; Susan and Robert Summer;
Gioietta and Alberto Vitale; and many more.
The New York Landmarks Conservancy honors
distinguished New Yorkers from all professions as “Living
Landmarks” for their contributions to the City. The
Landmarks Conservancy is dedicated to celebrating,
preserving and protecting the iconic buildings and diverse
neighborhoods that define this vibrant and extraordinary
City and is the only private organization that provides both
financial and technical support in this effort. Since it
was founded more than 40 years ago, it has loaned and
granted over $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 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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