ART DECO LECTURE SERIES | |||
Tuesday 13 November | |||
| The Big Deco Apple Join Jack Johnson for a lecture on Art Deco architecture in New York City. Johnson uses photographs he has taken during the past two years to provide a tour of well-known and hidden Art Deco treasures in the Big Apple. His commentary and photographs demonstrate the ways in which the Art Deco style has shaped the way we think about New York City and created many of its most famous landmarks. Free admission. | |||
| Jack Johnson is an inveterate traveler, amateur photographer and architecture buff. He has been able to pursue these interests unfettered since retiring in 2002 from a 32 year career at the US Dept of Housing and Urban Development. When he retired, Jack was Director of Community Planning and Development in the Miami Office of HUD. Johnson is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Miami Design Preservation League and the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation (where he chairs the Housing Committee), and a frequent volunteer tour guide for MDPL. |
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| Location: Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach Information: 305-672-2014 or www.mdpl.org | |||
The Miami Design Preservation League is a non-profit preservation and arts organization founded in 1976. It is devoted to preserving, protecting and promoting the architectural, cultural, social, economic, and environmental integrity of the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District (Art Deco District) as well as other areas of the city and South Florida, wherever historic preservation is a concern. MDPL is the oldest Art Deco society in the world. | |||
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