DART Partners with the Arts at Museum of the City of New York
Thursday, December 10, 6:30 pm
Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks
FREE FOR DART subscribers

Join photographer Joel Meyerowitz and author Phillip Lopate, collaborators on Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks (Aperture, 2009), for a discussion of the hidden pockets of wilderness that still exist within the city.

Left to Right: Udalls Park Preserve, Udalls Cove, bottom of the cove looking out to Little Neck Bay, spring; Central Park, Hallett Nature Sanctuary, autumn; Pelham Bay Park. Twin Island trail, winter. Copyright Joel Meyerowitz, courtesy Aperture Foundation, from Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks.

Legacy is part of a larger project that was initiated in 2006, when Meyerowitz was asked by Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe to document, interpret, and celebrate one of the city's greatest legacies: nearly nine thousand acres of parks in the five boroughs that still exist close to their original pristine state, as well as areas within parks that have been left to revert to wilderness. When completed, the project will constitute the first extended visual record of New York's parks since the 1930s. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks, currently on view at Museum of the City of New York.

This special program is FREE to DART subscribers, but reservations are required as space is limited. Please call 212-534-1672, X 3395. Just mention DART/AI-AP and your tickets will be held for you. Please do not reply to this email.

Joel Meyerowitz (born in New York City, 1938) is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 international exhibitions. He is a two-time Guggenheim fellow, a recipient of both NEA and NEH awards, as well as a recipient of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. He has published over fifteen books, including Cape Light (1978) and Aftermath: The World Trade Center Archive (2006). He lives in New York City and is represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery.

Phillip Lopate has written over fifteen critically acclaimed books, including Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan. His writings have appeared in Harper's, the New York Times, and the Paris Review. He is a professor at Columbia University and also teaches at the New School, Hofstra University, and Bennington College.

The Museum of the City of New York is located at Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street.
By bus: M1, M3, M4 or M106 to 104th Street, M2 to 101st Street.
By subway: #6 Lexington Avenue train to 103rd Street, walk three blocks west. #2 or #3 train to Central Park North (110th Street), walk one block east to Fifth Avenue, then south to 104th Street. Ramp access is available at the 104th Street entrance.

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