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The American Ballet Theatre hosted its 2009 Fall Gala with a performance at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, followed by a dinner dance on the Grand Promenade of the hall. Party design created by event designer Shai Tertner of Shiraz Events.
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Ben Steinitz recently opened his new gallery in a 19th century hotel particulier, located at 77, rue Faubourg Saint Honore, directly across the street from The Bristol Hotel. Ben learned about the trade at the knee of his legendary father, Bernard, who is considered among the top antiquaries in the world. The apple doesn’t fall to far from the tree, as they say.
With the establishment of this new gallery, Ben has taken on the mantle with great aplomb, paying tribute to his father, while letting his own imagination run free to create one of the most spectacular galleries in Paris.
Here you will find objects from the Middle Ages side by side with the 20th century and presented with Steinitz’s unique flair for drama and spectacle. Blending materials such as leather, mirrors, carved wood boiserie, painted wallpaper, and beaded tapestries from Europe and the Far East, each room combines furniture and decorative objects from the 17th through 20th centuries.
Steinitz will be in New York for the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show as well as in San Francisco Fall Antiques Show this month.
Among the guests who stopped by the opening on the rue Faubourg Saint Honore were Hubert de Givenchy, Hubert Hermes, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Rosenberg, Jules Brassner and San K.J. Lee, Philippe Venet, Pierre-Xavier Hans and Jorg Ebeling, Kathy and Billy Rayner, Jean and Edgar Zorbibe, Mrs. Henri Gradis, Frank diBiasi, Mr. and Mrs. Michel Degroux, Eric Jansen, Daniel Alcouffe, Adrien Meyer, Marilyn White, Christophe de Carpentrie, Sylvia Beder, and Christian Prevost Marcilhacy. |
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Alain de Lavalande, Garard Mabille, and David Langeoi |
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Mrs. and Mr. Michel Degroux with Benjamin Steinitz |
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Benjamin Steinitz and Philippe Amon |
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Bernard Steinitz and Mrs. Gay Gassman |
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Mr. and Mrs. de Pampelonne |
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Bernard Chevallier |
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Adrien Meyer and Philippe Venet |
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Christian Pravost Marcilhacy |
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Christian Baulez, Olivier de Rohan, and Ulrich Leben |
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Eric Jansen, Sylvia Beder, and Mrs. and Mr. Benjamin Steinitz |
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Staphane Riviare, Casar Pazos, and Marcin Malecki |
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Mrs. Benjamin Steinitz, Michel de Luca, and Peter Soens |
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Daniel Alcouffe and Mrs. Henri Gradis |
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Francis Holder and Bernard Steinitz |
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Mrs. and Mr. Marcos Derani |
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Mrs. and Mr. Gallimard |
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Mr. and Mrs. Jean Zorbibe, Edgar Zorbibe, and Benjamin Steinitz |
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Garard Mabille, Bernard Chevallier,and Daniel Alcouffe |
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Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Rosenberg |
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Franck de Biasi and Mrs. Benjamin Steinitz |
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Pierre-Xavier Hans and Jorg Ebeling |
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Herva Giaoui and Calia Meyer |
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Kathy and Billy Rayner |
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Mesdames Marnier Lapostolle |
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Maha Debs |
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Renae Bahar and friend |
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Hubert de Givenchy and Hubert Guerrand Hermas |
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Sylvia Beder and Christophe Decarpentrie |
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Michel de Luca and Peter Soens |
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Jean and Edgar Zorbibe |
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M. Borghase |
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Mrs. Dassault and Benjamin Steinitz |
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Mrs. Bernard Steinitz and Pierre Rosenberg |
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Michel Meyer and friend |
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Jean Bond Rafferty and Marilyn White |
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Bernard and Benjamin Steinitz |
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Philippe Venet |
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Lise Graf and Bernard Steinitz |
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| Last Thursday night the Young Friends of the ASPCA presented "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" Annual Fundraiser at the Frank Gehry designed IAC Building. |
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Fabiola Beracasa and Bennie the Dog |
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Alexandra Vissicchio and Cena Hackler Jackson |
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Beth Shak and Kelly Brady |
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Jennifer Williams and Devon Schuster |
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Bennie the Dog, Brooklyn Decker, Uno the Dog, and Ed Sayres |
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Carl Schlanger, Merritt Schlanger, and Matt McKenna |
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Bennie the Dog, Tiiu Kuik, and Michelle Buswell |
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Laurie Nehman and Oliver Lloyd |
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Bennie the Dog, Tiiu Kuik, and Michelle Buswell |
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Lake Bell |
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Kate Mesquita and Genniva Bruce |
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Bennie the Dog and Diane Passage |
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DJ Berrie and Ann Marie Doroba |
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Hannah Davis, Brooklyn Decker, Tiiu Kuik, Matt Bloom, Michelle Buswell, and Alyssa Miller |
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Hannah Davis and Alyssa Miller |
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Arielle Greenberg, Ryan Himmel, and Ashley Guiel |
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Megan Schuster and Jaimee Bloom |
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James Kidd |
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Scott Rudin and Jessie Epstein |
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Valerie Boster and Devon Schuster |
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Yaa Yamoah and Denise Vizcarra |
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Michael Zucker and Caitlin DiStefano |
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Nathalie Moar, Jaimee Bloom, and Brooklyn Decker |
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Rob Crespi and Ashley Stark |
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Bai Ling and Panda thing |
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Roman Tsunder, Erin Cohen, Erika Shulman, Ali Greenfield, and Josh Bailer |
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Ricky the Dog and Elizabeth Silverman |
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Ricky the Dog and Bai Ling |
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Sara Gilbane Sullivan and Jay Sullivan |
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Ricky the Dog and Your Vegas |
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Erika Shulman and Ali Greenfield |
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The American Ballet Theatre hosted its 2009 Fall Gala last Wednesday night with a performance at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, followed by a dinner dance on the Grand Promenade of the hall.
Veronica Webb and Iman were Honorary Chairs. Gala Chairs were Muffie Potter Aston and Dr. Sherrell Aston, Lisa and Dick Cashin, Cosby and Tim George, Anne Grauso, Julia and David Koch. Corporate co-chairs were Paul and Lisa Wigdor, and Junior Co-chair was Daniel Cappello.
Among the guests: Natalie Portman, Emmy Rossum, Mila Kunis, Rufus Wainwright, Iman, Veronica Webb, JoAnna Garcia, Darren Aronofsky, Sky Nellor, Grace Hightower DeNiro, Adam Duritz, Christian Cota, Susan Fales-Hill, Blaine Trump, Amy Fine Collins, Nina Griscom, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Helen Schifter, Fe Fendi, Anne Grauso, Fabiola Beracasa, Caryn and Jeff Zucker, Deborah Roberts, Jamee and Peter Gregory, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Alina Cho, Karen and Richard LeFrak, Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Anka Palitz, Peggy Siegal, Mickey Straus, Sharon Patrick and H.R.H. Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia. |
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Alina Cho |
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Judith Hoffman and Paloma Herrera |
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Jean and Larry Shaw |
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Adam Duritz, Emmy Rossum, and Rachel Moore |
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Jared Matthews, Melissa Smith, and Yuriko Kajiya |
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Anka Palitz, Craig Dix, and Claudia Barasch |
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Muffie Potter-Aston, Georgette Mosbacher, anf Grace Hightower De Niro |
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Elizabeth Berner, Cosby George |
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Amy Fine Collins and Paula Mahoney |
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Anne Grauso and Blaine Trump |
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Barbara and Keith Gollust |
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Caryn Zucker |
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Fe Fendi and Gillian Miniter |
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Anne Grauso, Muffie Potter-Aston, Julia Koch, and Lisa Cashin |
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Jamie Figg and Margo Langenberg |
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Daniil Simkin, Sharon Patrick, and Aaron Smyth |
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James Applewhite and David Hallberg |
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Franco Devita and James Applewhite |
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Jonathan and Somers Farkas |
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Jorn Weisberodt and Rufus Wainwright |
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Daniel Cappello and Alexandra Kerry |
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Edward Fox, David Hallberg, and Ruth Fox |
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Jamee Gregory |
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James Orphanides, Laura Orphanides, Susan Fales-Hill, and Rachel Moore |
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JoAnna Garcia |
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Joan and Alan Ades |
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Christian Cota |
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Misty Copeland and Ray Parisi |
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Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos |
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Deborah Roberts and Caryn Zucker |
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Fabiola Beracasa |
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Iman and Veronica Webb |
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Julio Bocca and Rachel Moore |
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Marcelo Gomes and Isabella Boylston |
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Kevin McKenzie and Mickey Straus |
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Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis |
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Sarah Lane |
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Sharon Handler and Ambassador John Loeb |
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Sky Nellor |
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Peggy Siegal and Hamish Bowles |
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Shai Tertner |
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Sherrell Aston and Muffie Potter-Aston |
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Carnegie Hall opened its 119th season with a sold out gala benefit concert featuring conductor Daniele Gatti and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.
The program included the New York premiere of John Williams’ On Willows and Birches, for harp and orchestra, with BSO principal harpist Ann Hobson Pilot as featured soloist. Mr. Williams wrote this piece to honor Ms. Pilot who is retiring after a 40-year career with the orchestra.
Also on the program: Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor with pianist Evgeny Kissin — as a prelude to the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth in 2010 — as well as Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and Debussy’s La mer.
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Opening Night Gala Concert at Carnegie Hall |
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Opening Night Gala Dinner at The Waldorf-Astoria |
The gala, attended by more than 600, raised over $3 million. All proceeds benefit Carnegie Hall’s artistic and education programming. The Opening Night Gala of Carnegie Hall’s 119th Season was sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the sixth consecutive season.
The evening was co-chaired by Susan and Ed Forst; Myra and Robert Kraft; Frederick Iseman; and Elizabeth and Henry Segerstrom. The benefit included a pre-concert reception in Carnegie Hall’s Rohatyn Room and a Gala Dinner at The Waldorf=Astoria’s Grand Ballroom following the concert. |
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Serena Boardman |
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Evgeny Kissin |
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Demarco Morgan and Alexis Clark |
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Opening Night Gala Chairs Myra and Robert Kraft, Susan and Ed Forst, and Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson (middle) |
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Sanford and Joan Weill |
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Barbara Walters, Charlie Rose, and Mercedes Bass |
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Evgeny Kissin and Adrienne Arsht |
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Alexandra Lebenthal, Muffie Potter Aston, and Gillian Miniter |
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Adrienne Vittadini, Laura Pomerantz, and Marie-Josee Kravis |
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Lloyd Blankfein, Carnegie Hall Trustee Frederick Iseman, and Len Blavatnik |
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Paula Zahn and Michelle Paige Paterson |
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Suzie and Bruce Kovner |
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Somers Farkas and Muffie Potter Aston |
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Brendan Dougher and friends |
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Mike Nichols and Diane Sawyer |
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Lynn Nesbit and Barry Diller |
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Terry and Tina Lundgren |
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Kenneth and Anna Zankel |
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Last Monday noontime, the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation held a “Lunch at a Landmark” lecture presentation by international architect Cesar Pelli at the Four Seasons restaurant Pool Room.
More than 300 guests attended, representing architecture,design, real estate, historic preservation and the arts. |
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Charlie Rose, Cesar Pelli, Robert Siegel, and Christina Davis |
The Foundation’s mission is to foster and promote the activities of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, as well as to provide funds for educational outreach programs, including the 4th edition “Guide to New York City Landmarks” (ed.’s note: really fascinating material and a perfect guide to a many brilliant walking tours of New York. Available at Barnes & Noble’s, etc.).
Mr. Pelli was introduced by Charlie Rose. Co-chairs for the day were Barry Bergdoll, Richard Farley, Lydia Fenet, Gail Hilson, Arie Kopelman, Rafael Pelli, Elisabeth A. Saint-Amand and Samuel G. White. |
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Christina Davis, Cesar Pelli, and Mariana Kaufman |
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Enid Nemy and Grace Mirabella |
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Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos and Alexandra Lind Rose |
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Helen Tucker and Brendan Sexton |
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Christina Bennison and Elisabeth Saint-Amand |
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Linda Lindenbaum, George Kaufman, and Catherine Cahill |
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Kristi Wicker, Catherine Cahill, Lewis Cullman, and William Bernhard |
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Cesar Pelli |
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Paula Zahn and Aby Rosen |
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Peter Pennoyer and Tom Schutte |
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Mariana Kaufman, Topsy Taylor, and Hilary Geary Ross |
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Mercedes Sanchez Elia |
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Paul Goldberger and Coco Kopelman |
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Charlie Rose, Richard Meier, and Martha Stewart |
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Rafel Pelli and Robert Tierney |
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Sandy Lindebaum and Sharon Handler |
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