A documentary about the city’s fiscal crisis of the 1970s, co-directed by the son of one of its saviors, wins the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
In 1970, Mr. Buckley, the son of an oil tycoon and the brother of a leading force on the right, became the first third-party candidate elected to the U.S. Senate in 30 years.
Grand Central Terminal. Grand Army Plaza. The Queensboro Bridge. They, and more, were preserved as historic treasures under her fierce watch at the city’s landmarks commission.