A Toast to the Penn Station Picketers – August 1, 2022
60th Anniversary of the Famed AGBANY Protest
A Toast to the Penn Station Picketers: Honoring AGBANY, Peter Samton, Diana (Kirsch) Goldstein, and Fellow Demonstrators
Monday, August 1st, 2022, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Tracks Raw Bar and Grill, 220 W 31st St, New York, NY 10001
Justin Rivers of Untapped NY mini tours leaving from in front of Tracks:
5:45 – 6:00 pm
6:05 – 6:20 pm
Remarks, Toasts inside at Tracks: 6:45 pm
**Cash bar
The Archive Project celebrates the efforts of the Action Group for Better Architecture (AGBANY) for its effort to prevent the demolition of old Pennsylvania Station. After plans to destroy the terminal were announced, AGBANY utilized the press and took to the streets to advocate for the doomed station. On August 2, 1962, AGBANY led an energized march of hundreds. The group’s efforts to save Penn Station did not succeed; however the campaign brought preservation to the forefront of the public mind and permanently transformed the way New York City residents participated in preservation.
Toast Host Committee (in formation – see below to join)
Lisa Ackerman
Anthony C. Wood
Kent Barwick
Richard J. Moylan
Roberta Brandes Gratz
Otis & Nancy Pearsall
Robert & Elizabeth Jeffe
Liz McEnaney
Adrian Untermyer
Brad Vogel
John Reddick
Stephen Facey
Anthony Robins
Gina Pollara
Shirley Ferguson-Jenks
Simeon Bankoff
George Calderaro
Christopher London
Lynn Ellsworth
Richard Southwick
Ronald Shiffman
Dan & Nadezhda Allen
Jeffrey Kroessler
Alexia Lalli
Kate Burns Ottavino
John Massengale
Lansing Moore
Justin Rivers
Rickie James
Arlene Simon
Gail & Jim Addiss
Kelly Carroll
Catherine Gulevich
Peter Bray
Susan Hopper
Michael Devonshire
Peggy Latimer
Christabel Gough
Susan A. Mathisen
Frank E. Sanchis, III
Kay Ciganovic
Want to Join the Host Committee?
The event is free (with cash bar)…but here’s a special way to honor the picketers:
- Email info@nypap.org to let us know you’d like to be listed.
- Either send $100 via our donation link…
- Or send a check to:
New York Preservation Archive Project
174 E 80th Street
New York, NY 10075