You're Invited To Historic Preservation On Roosevelt Island Free Public Lecture Presented By Roosevelt Island Historical Society Thursday January 17 At RI Public Library

The Roosevelt Island Historical Society (RIHS) is hosting a free public lecture titled Historic Preservation On Roosevelt Island And Beyond Thursday, January 17 (6:30 PM) at the NY Public Library Roosevelt Island Branch (524 Main Street)

According to RIHS:

Historic preservation combines multiple disciplines: architecture, design, knowledge of period materials and construction techniques, plus communication to manage the process of building owners, regulators and the masons and builders who perform the work.

Architect Thomas A. Fenniman, AIA, has completed work on the Visitors Center Kiosk

and the slate roof and narthex restoration of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, as well as a Condition Study of the Renwick Lighthouse. With over 35 years experience working in NYC and the metropolitan area, Fenniman has developed a special expertise in working with non-profit institutions and in the creative use of cost-effective designs and solutions with a commitment to quality. His firm has been recognized for excellence in historic restoration by numerous State and local agencies including The New York State Parks Department, The New York Landmarks Conservancy, Friends of the Upper Eastside, The Victorian Society of New York, and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.

Fenniman will speak on these projects and others completed in Manhattan and Brooklyn at a lecture presented by the Roosevelt Island Historical Society at the New York Public Library Branch on Roosevelt Island, on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

The event is FREE and open to the public. It is the third in the Society’s annual series of fall lectures, which is supported by funds provided by Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation’s Public Purpose Fund and New York City Council Member Ben Kallos, with funding from the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development.