Available to the public for research and we host an ample number of programs. Thisevening , Anthony Pangaro who is a good friend of the Historical Society will do the honors of introducing our speaker. I wanted to take a moment to greet everyone and welcome you to the massachusetts Historical Society so without further ado i turn it over to Anthony Pangaro. [applause] good evening everyone, thank you gavin. Gavin has put together a terrific number of programs at massachusetts historical including definitive conversations about the era well over ayear ago which is where i first met liz. Its a pleasure for me to have a pleasant task of introducing liz and the book. How to begin . This is a book about a lifetimes work, about a career based in the strong premise that cities were important and vital to civilization,vital to this country, not only the world and i think liz has captured it. Ill let you her tell you about the book but ill tell you one story about it which lets you know how i f
Exposition. This evening, a good friend of the historical society. I wanted to take a moment to greet everyone and without further ado, lets welcome him. [applause] good evening, thank you. Hes put on a terrific number of programs here, including some conversations about where i first met him. Its a pleasure to have liz in the book. This is a book about a career based in the strong premise that cities were important and vital to this nation and country and to this world. Ill tell you one story, which lets you know how i felt about him. I was about 25 years old, working in my first week in new york city and i had worked but had already left and lost the primary from there. I was anxious to work for him again. It happened on a very odd day, in an elevator. We were working on the 46th floor of a building inside the burlington house. We were the only tenants in the building at the time because the fisher brothers couldnt find anyone else who would sign a lease in a difficult time. The year
Will turn it over to tony. [applause] thank you gavin has put on a number of programs here including some definitive conversations well over a year ago which is where i first met him. Its a pleasure for me to have the task of introducing. Before i began its a lifetime of a career based in the premise vital to civilization and i think liz has captured that i will tell you one story about ed how i felt about him. The first time i met him i was about 25 years old the first week in the urban Development Corporation although i knew the agency and very anxious to go to work for him again. It happened on a very odd day we were working at the Burlington House we were the only tenants in the building at the time because the fisher brothers couldnt find anybody else to be set a very difficult time of year. So they elected to sign a lease with the state agency. But that particular day that had run a frontpage story to set up the private building from the 46th floor. [laughter] and to say the leas
If this is the first time for you to visit a special welcome to you. We have a fabulous library which is available to the public for research this evening tony from the Historical Society will do the honors so well take a moment to greet everyone and now we will turn it over to tony. [applause] thank you gavin has put on a number of programs here including some definitive conversations well over a year ago which is where i first met him. Its a pleasure for me to have the task of introducing. Before i began its a lifetime of a career based in the premise vital to civilization and i think liz has captured that i will tell you one story about ed how i felt about him. The first time i met him i was about 25 years old the first week in the urban Development Corporation although i knew the agency and very anxious to go to work for him again. It happened on a very odd day we were working at the Burlington House we were the only tenants in the building at the time because the fisher brothers c
On top of the in the 19th century as a travel writer a novelist he has made the landscape and the cities of his native brant berg the famous. 200 years ago the old off on top of that was born here in mobile he also got a monument in his hometown his famous work bundle and book rambling through brant burke will accompany me on my journey today. To a fun time to shape the image of this region with his travel reports about brandenburg the vast land its lakes castles and people i know fontana from my german lessons back in school but very theoretically and today not quite as theoretically i am following in his footsteps. Of course we show you the truest highlights in grant park. And bet you can also dine here like the people did at the time a fun time. Hour of your video this week shows us the sights of belfast in Northern Ireland. Fun time there as a traffic light youll only find that in the who pete to hold off on time his birthplace after a fire in 1787 is center of the city was rebuilt