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Stories from “The Panorama” with Michael Miscione and Kenneth T. Jackson

Please join the Queens Museum for a lively conversation between New York City historians Michael Miscione and Kenneth T. Jackson, who contributed to the Museum’s most recent publication dedicated to The Panorama of the City of New York.

Held inside the Panorama Gallery, the discussion will animate the model through an assessment of two important milestones in New York City history: the Commissioner’s Plan of 1811, which enacted a grid plan for streets in Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street; and the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, which united all five boroughs into one territory. These 19th-century determinations set out a particular vision for New York City, and we will use the Panorama to consider how the outer boroughs have developed and changed in conversation with and completely independently of Manhattan. As debates regarding congestion pricing, the residue of Robert Moses, and visions of “ideal cities” rage on, we will look to the past to consider the origins of New York City’s physical form.

 

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When: Sat., Mar. 29, 2025 at 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Where: Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
718-592-9700
Price: Free
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Please join the Queens Museum for a lively conversation between New York City historians Michael Miscione and Kenneth T. Jackson, who contributed to the Museum’s most recent publication dedicated to The Panorama of the City of New York.

Held inside the Panorama Gallery, the discussion will animate the model through an assessment of two important milestones in New York City history: the Commissioner’s Plan of 1811, which enacted a grid plan for streets in Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street; and the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, which united all five boroughs into one territory. These 19th-century determinations set out a particular vision for New York City, and we will use the Panorama to consider how the outer boroughs have developed and changed in conversation with and completely independently of Manhattan. As debates regarding congestion pricing, the residue of Robert Moses, and visions of “ideal cities” rage on, we will look to the past to consider the origins of New York City’s physical form.

 

RSVP required

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