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May 5 through Oct 3

America’s Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York examines the controversial tenure (1966-1973) and dramatic times of New York’s 103rd mayor. The exhibition presents John V. Lindsay’s efforts to lead a city that was undergoing radical changes and that was at the center of the upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s; it highlights Mayor Lindsay’s ambitious initiatives to redefine New York City’s government, economy, culture, and urban design. Through his outspoken championship of city life, commitment to civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War, Lindsay emerged as a national figure in a troubled and exhilarating era. The exhibition also explores the costs of his approach, including growing criticism from disaffected voters and an increasingly out of control city budget.

 

The exhibition, presented in cooperation with the Municipal Archives, is accompanied by a book of the same title edited by Sam Roberts of The New York Times and co-published by Columbia University Press and the Museum of the City of New York (May 2010), as well as a public television documentary, Fun City Revisited: The Lindsay Years presented by WNET.ORG.

 

Click here to visit the website New York's Mayors: John V. Lindsay, featuring photographs, videos, interactive features, and a chance for you to enter your memories of the Lindsay years.  

 

Click here to read excerpts from James Sanders's essay "Adventure Playground," from America's Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York on designobserver.com

 

Featured image:

Lindsay with demonstrators at the groundbreaking for Flatlands Industrial Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, July 19, 1966

Neal Boenzi/The New York Times

 

 

PUBLIC PROGRAMS
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Sun, September 12, 2:00 PM
The Lindsay Legacy in Lower Manhattan
Walking Tour
  
Tue, September 14, 6:00 PM
Symposium: Criminal Justice and the Lindsay Years
 
Wed, September 15, 6:30 PM
Who Broke New York?
 
Mon, September 27, 6:30 PM
Adventure in Central Park
Reinventing the Playground
  
Wed, September 29, 8:00 AM
Symposium: Public Management & the Lindsay Years
 
Thu, September 30, 8:00 AM
Symposium: Public Management & the Lindsay Years
 
Thu, September 30, 6:30 PM
Lindsay's Forgotten Preservation Legacy
 

JOHN LINDSAY WEBSITE

Learn more and enter your own Lindsay memories at the special website America's Mayors: John V. Lindsay

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