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
The society will do they honor. I just wanted to take a moment to greet everyone. [applause] a terrific number of programs. Including some definitive conversations how to begin. This is a book about lifetime work. A career based in the strong premise that cities are important. Vital to civilization. Vital to this world. I will let her tell you about the book. I will tell you the first time i met my first week at the appropriation, they had left. Primary for mayor. I never met him although i knew the Agency Working there to graduate school. It happened on a very odd day. We were working on the 46 floor the building. We were the only at the time. A very difficult time. They were reluctant to sign the lease with the state agency because god knows what that might feel like. It was only between paper or obligations. That particular day, everybody was carrying around a copy of the New York Post. A story. This private building on no lower floor than the 46th floor. Fatally, it was not like a
Welcome, everyone to the seventh annual festival which is the Signature Program of the Public Library foundation. My name is abby and i run the project up the Columbia Journalism School and im thrilled to be here today with our prizewinners steve luxembourg and helen thorpe. Before i give a formal introduction to the panelists, i want to encourage the attendees to share your experience on social media using the hash tag both fast and there will be a signing of the books at the end of this session at the barnes and noble tend. There will be time to ask the authors to request an. Please join me in welcoming the work in progress winners. The author of separate the story of plessy versus ferguson from slavery and segregation, which has been called absorbing and a story that was written with energy and elegance and i can confirm that myself. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed a journey into a family secret. A longtime editor of the Washington Post he was the 2016 lucas work i
Welcome, everyone to the seventh annual festival which is the Signature Program of the Public Library foundation. My name is abby and i run the project up the Columbia Journalism School and im thrilled to be here today with our prizewinners steve luxembourg and helen thorpe. Before i give a formal introduction to the panelists, i want to encourage the attendees to share your experience on social media using the hash tag both fast and there will be a signing of the books at the end of this session at the barnes and noble tend. There will be time to ask the authors to request an. Please join me in welcoming the work in progress winners. The author of separate the story of plessy versus ferguson from slavery and segregation, which has been called absorbing and a story that was written with energy and elegance and i can confirm that myself. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed a journey into a family secret. A longtime editor of the Washington Post he was the 2016 lucas work i
[applause] i will give david a moment. Thank you all for coming and for your patience. What a Beautiful Day it is to be here. Im the executive director of the Library Association and on behalf of the board of trustees we welcome you to this gorgeous day in what promises to be a memorable hour with one of americas greatest authors and historians david mccullough. [applause] for those of you that might not be familiar, we were founded in 1929 by the ohio first lady. She was an avid reader who thought there should be a collection of books i ohio writers were about the subjects in the residence and symbolized the idea. Today through its collection, publications, but the words and festivals, it connects readers and writers and promotes the state as one of the truly great literary centers of the united states. 2019 marks the 90th anniversary of. Can you think of anyone who would be more perfect to add luster to your celebrations of van David Mcauliff . [applause] we presented the award to da