Panel: The Empire State Building at Eighty-Five

Sponsored by the Art Deco Society of New York (ADSNY). Free, but RSVP required, on the ADSNY web site event calendar.

On June 9th, following a brief annual meeting, we will present the first ADSNY Icon award to the Empire State Realty Trust, in recognition of its ongoing stewardship of New York’s most famous landmark – which also happens to be one of the city’s great Art Deco skyscrapers (even if the architect wouldn’t have cared for that description).

Following the award – and a brief talk by a Trust representative – ADSNY is hosting a panel discussion on the building. Panelists include three well-known professionals with strong connections to the building: Frank Prial, Tony Robins, and John Tauranac, with moderator Tony Hiss. Frank Prial, of the firm Beyer Blinder & Belle, supervised the spectacularly successful restoration of the lobby ceilings. John Tauranac is the author of The Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark. Tony Robins, formerly Deputy Director of Research and Director of Survey at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, wrote the LPC’s official designation reports for the building (click here for the exterior report, here for the lobby report). Tony Hiss is a long-time writer for The New Yorker, and author of The Experience of Place. Don’t miss this very special evening honoring a very special landmark!