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   November 24, 2008

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Upcoming Gotham Center History Forums
The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction
Monday, November 24, 2008
Elebash Recital Hall, 6:30 pm
 

Over the past century, visions of how New York City would be demolished, blown up, swallowed by the sea, or toppled by monsters have proliferated in films and science fiction novels, photography, painting, graphic arts, television advertisements, postcards, cartoons, and computer software.
    In a project begun well before September 11, Professor Max Page sets our understanding of that recent disaster in a critical historical perspective.  An associate professor of Architecture and History at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Page was the 2003 Guggenheim Fellow. He teaches and writes about the design, development and politics of cities and architecture and is the author of many books. He just published The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction. Book signing to follow.

This program is free but seating is limited. Reservations are required: visit www.gc.cuny.edu/events and click the e-VENT Online Reservation
icon next to the program listing, or call 212-817-8215. (Some standby seating will be available the night of the event on a first-come, first-served basis.)


    

The Gotham Center explores the city's rich history and makes it accessible to citizens and scholars, teachers and students, locals and out-of-towners.  It presents free access to the best and most interesting developments in New York City history through programs that are high-quality, relevant, and cutting-edge. New York is in constant flux; understanding how it evolved is an indispensable precondition for shaping its future. The History Forum showcases the best new work on New York City history and builds bridges between the city's past and present, providing an entree to one of the most fascinating cities on earth, and illuminating the present by critically examining the past. www.gothamcenter.org

For further information on these as well as the Graduate Center's many other renowned public programs, visit www.gc.cuny.edu/events
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