Discover the geographic, technological, economic and planning influences that have shaped the development of the iconic neighborhoods of the Upper East Side and East Harlem as they intersect at East 96th Street.
Join Hunter Armstrong, Executive Director of CIVITAS, and Architectural Historian John Kriskiewicz for an in-depth, illustrated discussion in the historic library of the former Fabbri Mansion, now House of the Redeemer. A NYC landmark, House of the Redeemer was designed by acclaimed architect Grosvenor Atterbury and constructed for the Fabbri family between 1914-1916.

A reception and refreshments will follow the lecture.

Tuesday, May 14 at 6:30 pm
House of the Redeemer
7 East 95th Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues)

Suggested donation: $15, Special rate for CIVITAS members: $10
Registration is requested.
RSVP to CIVITAS at (212) 996-0745 or info@civitasnyc.org.

Read more about House of the Redeemer historic landmark.

More about John Kriskiewicz: A native New Yorker, John holds a professional degree in Architecture from Pratt Institute, is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects, and a board member of DOCOMOMO New York Tri-State. Over the past two decades he has taught courses focused on architectural and planning history at Parsons School of Design, The Cooper Union, Fashion Institute of Technology, Stern College for Women and Manhattan College while designing tour programs and lectures for many of New York City’s institutions and corporations. Exhibitions and articles have revealed history and preservation issues to a broad audience. John admits to a special affinity for New York’s extensive infrastructure as well as its Mid-Century Modern heritage.

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Meet at East 120th Street and Paladino Avenue at the entrance to the pedestrian overpass to the East River Esplanade. Learn about tree stewardship and advocacy as we mulch, weed, and clean up street tree beds on East 120th Street, Pleasant Avenue and East 119th Street.

Space is limited.
Please RSVP to info@civitasnyc.org or 212.996.0745

To learn more about CIVITAS’s Tree Committee, visit www.civitasnyc.org/trees

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Join CIVITAS and the NYC Clean Heat program for an educational workshop to help improve air quality in the neighborhood. There will also be a short informational discussion regarding the Apartment Building Recycling Initiative (ABRI) and what you can do to help.

Monday, April 22 at 6 pm
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
331 East 70 Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues)

Registration is requested.
RSVP to CIVITAS at (212) 996-0745 or info@civitasnyc.org.

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Adrian Benepe became a City Park Ranger after college, and held a succession of positions with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, including wetlands restoration and conservation of monuments and historic house museums. He spent some years at the New York Botanical Garden and with the Municipal Art Society, and then returned to NYC Parks and Recreation as Manhattan Borough Commissioner. In 2002 Mayor Bloomberg appointed Adrian Commissioner of Parks and Recreation. In that office, he expanded the NYC park system with the addition of a restored Randall’s Island, the High Line, and Brooklyn Bridge Park, as well as setting up new standards for sustainable park design. He recently become Senior Vice President for City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land and he continues to run, walk, bicycle and cross-country ski in Central and Riverside Parks and throughout the city’s park system.

Edie Kean started public gardening shortly after she received a landscape architecture certificate from the New York Botanical Garden, by beautifying the Park Avenue Mall where she lived. When the Department of General Services set up GreenThumb to take over the cleaning up of abandoned buildings in low income neighborhoods in the late 1970s, she became its landscape designer. The city offered applicants lumber, posts, wire, topsoil, tools and plant material; Edie put the community’s dreams on paper. The abandoned properties became community centers: vegetable and flower gardens, clubhouses, and party sites. When the city moved to give the sites to developers, the environmental community rose up in opposition. They sued in court, and they won. Now many of these parks are under the aegis of the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. Edie has also been active on the Board of the Bronx Botanical Garden, and serves on the board of the Friends of Fort Tryon Park. When there is a greening community effort, she’s out there, drafting others to the cause, raising money, and moving others to action with her passion.

   

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DAN BRODSKY and JOAN K.  DAVIDSON
Honorary Chairs, and the CIVITAS Benefit Committee
request the pleasure of your company at a cocktail reception, celebrating 32 years of achievement by CIVITAS
and honoring this year’s recipients of The August Heckscher Award for Community Service:

HONORABLE ADRIAN BENEPE  &  EDITH KEAN

In Recognition of Major Contributions to Quality of Life on the Upper East Side and in East Harlem. Click here to learn more about the 2013 honorees.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013

6 – 8:30PM

AMERICAS SOCIETY, 680 PARK AVENUE (At 68th Street)

Music by Alex Donner
Festive Attire

CIVITAS appreciates the generous support of our advertisers

AKAM Associates, Inc.

Apple Bank for Savings

Artimus

Brooklyn Brewery

Carnegie Hill Neighbors

Cutsogeorge Tooman & Allen Architects, PC

East Midtown Partnership

Fiduciary Trust

Foa & Son Corporation

Fratelli Brick Oven Pizza

Gabriel Associates

HK Hotels

Hope Community Inc.

JDM Real Estate Company

King’s Carriage House

Kinsale Tavern

Kitchen Arts & Letters

Lex Restaurant

Honorable Liz Krueger, NYS Senate

M. Swenson Monogram

m2 Asset Management

Madison Avenue BID

Manhattan House

Mister Wright Fine Wines & Spirits

Montgomery McCracken Walker and Rhodes

New York Botanical Garden

Paola’s Restaurant

R.H. Bluestein & Company

RGR Landscape Architecture & Architecture, PLLC

Rountree Flowers

S. Feldman Housewares

Stonehenge

Tom Teeple

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What do you want the future of East Harlem to look like?

 Join Community Board 11, CIVITAS, and land use consultants Insight Associates and

George M. Janes & Associates to discuss Land Use and Zoning in East Harlem

Learn how zoning can be used to create affordable housing, promote economic

development and control building sizes and heights.

Area Considered: Madison to Lexington Avenues and 115th to 132nd Streets (excluding 125th Street Corridor)

Monday, October 22 at 6:30 pm

The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, Second Floor Auditorium

2180 Third Avenue (at 119th Street)

RSVP to Community Board 11 by calling 212-831-8929

For more information, please visit www.civitasnyc.org and www.cb11m.org

For information on past events please visit www.civitasnyc.org/past-events

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Gallery Tour at the Museum of the City of New York with CIVITAS Executive Director Hunter Armstrong on Thursday, October 4th at 3 p.m.

The tour is FREE with Museum admission. The Museum of the City of New York is located at 1120 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street. For more information please call the MCNY at 917-492-3395 or click here.

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Saturday, September 29th from 9 am until noon
Museum of the City of New York
1120 Fifth Avenue (side entrance at 104th Street)

We welcome you to come and share your visions for a re-imagined Esplanade (60th-125th Street) and invite you to join us at 8:30 am for coffee and refreshments. Remarks will begin at 9:00 am and speakers include Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito and Nick Molinari, Director of Planning, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation.

RSVP by email at info@civitasnyc.org or phone at 212-996-0745

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