Friends of LANDMARK WEST! might be interested in these upcoming events on architecture and landscape.

Inquiry:HP Presents CHRISTOPHER PAYNE Thursday, September 24 6:30 PM at Columbia University Avery Hall, 6th Floor, Ware Classroom New York City-based photographer Christopher Payne specializes in the documentation of America's vanishing architecture and industrial landscape. His most recent book, Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals (MIT Press, 2009) – a nice tie-in with the West 96th Street IRT Substation on LW’s Wish List of landmark designation priorities! – is the result of a six-year exploration of America's abandoned state mental institutions. Payne's first book, New York's Forgotten Substations: The Power Behind the Subway (Princeton Architectural Press, 2002), offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into New York's substation architecture. Trained as an architect, Payne is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. He brings a unique and insightful perspective to the preservation dialogue, and provides his audience with rare glimpses into abandoned architecture through his stunning photography.

New York Botanical Conference on New York’s Landscape Heritage Friday, October 9, 2009 Location: The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx NY On October 9, 2009 the first in a series of ten regional conferences planned through 2010 will take place at the New York Botanical Garden in concert with the book launch of Shaping the American Landscape: New Profiles from the Pioneers of American Landscape Design, (University of Virginia Press). Using the Botanical Garden as a launching off point, the conference will place a spotlight on New York City and the region spanning 150 years of landscape design. The one day event is organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) and co-sponsored by the New York Botanical Garden, the New York Chapter of the American Society of landscape Architects, and Garden Design magazine and will feature commissioned presentations by leading practitioners and scholars. The symposia speakers will look back to celebrate and evaluate this unique landscape legacy but will also reflect on what the city’s landscape heritage means to practitioners, historians and educators today. To learn more or to register go to:  http://www.tclf.org/events/pioneers/index_nybg.html or call 202-483-0553 Space is limited. $175 fee includes conference and lunch (NYBG Members $160.00)