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Margot Gayle

Celebration of The Bard Act

Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Bard Act and Salute to New Yorkers Active in Preservation from the 1950s

Honorees Included: Arnold Bergier Giorgio, Cavaglieri, Doris Diether, Margot Gayle, Carol Greitzer, Huyler Held, Nancy Pearsall, Otis Pratt Pearsall, Jan Pokorny, Henry Hope Reed, Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Claire Tankel, Edward S. Reid, Edwards Rullman

Location

Battery Gardens Restaurant
17 State Street
New York, NY
United States
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Event Date and Time: 
Thu, 04/06/2006 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Margot Gayle: An Oral History Interview

An Oral History Interview with Margot Gayle
Conducted by Anthony C. Wood
April 26, 1984

Transcript

A: What I want to do is: I talk to people and then I type up a transcript, which I then send back to you.

M: I see.

A: If I got you off the topic before you make the point that you wanted to make we put it in. Ultimately, it will be a typed transcript with some footnotes annotations from me that someone might not understand. We’re starting a collection of these.

Chronicle

Brozan, N.  1997.  Chronicle. New York Times.

Jefferson Market Courthouse

Location: 
Jefferson Market Couthouse
425 Avenue of the Americas
10011
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Sometimes listed as "Old Jeff".

Committee for a Library in the Courthouse

 

Description

The Committee for a Library in the Courthouse was focused on saving the Jefferson Market Courthouse from demolition and converting the building into a branch of the New York Public Library.

 

Key Dates in Preservation Activity

1967 - Jefferson Market Courthouse reopened to the public as a branch of the New York Public Library
December 22, 1977 - Jefferson Market Courthouse designated a National Historic Landmark

 

Committee of Neighbors to Get the Clock on Jefferson Market Courthouse Started

Location

New York, NY
United States
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Location: 
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Sometimes listed as Village Neighborhood Committee for the Clock on Jefferson Market Courthouse.

Description

The Committee of Neighbors to Get the Clock on Jefferson Market Courthouse Started was founded to do exactly what its name indicates. The Committee was also founded with the intention of sparking interest in preserving the Jefferson Market Courthouse structure as a whole.