America's Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York
John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York - America's Mayor
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This virtual exhibition was made possible with lead funding by:
The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philantropies
Arthur Ross Foundation
New York Community Trust,
Robert M. Kaufman Fund
Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
Ed Hamilton
The George Lindsay Family
Robert V. Lindsay
Myra Miller Zuckerbraun
As well as the generous support of:
Ken Patton
Pollock and Arthur Spiegel
Sunny and Dick Aurelio
C. Stephen Heard, Jr. and
Susan G. Renfrew
Robert M. Heller
Sandra S. Jaffee
Nathan Leventhal
Alexander Y. McFerran
Ronay and Richard L. Menschel
Edith M. Radley
William Roskin
Stephen Salup
Julia C. Schieffelin
Anthony R. Smith
Bob Sweet
Thacher Associates, LLC
Steven and Barbara Isenberg
Michele Tocci
Richard H. Maidman
Joseph L. Forstadt
Lance Gotthoffer
Robert L. Schiffer
Charles C. Stover, III
Rose and Bruce Kerr
America's Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York was on view at the Museum of the City of New York from May 5, 2010 through October 3, 2010. This virtual version of the exhibition allows you to explore many of the objects and images that were on view at the Museum and to learn about the controversial tenure (1966–1973) and dramatic times of New York's 103rd mayor.
America's Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York was presented at the Museum in cooperation with the Municipal Archives. The exhibition was 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 by a public television documentary, Fun City Revisited: The Lindsay Years presented by WNET.ORG, and a companion website, New York's Mayors: John V. Lindsay, featuring photographs, videos, and a chance for you to enter your memories of the Lindsay years. The exhibition was curated by Sarah M. Henry and Steven H. Jaffe and designed by Pure+Applied.
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.
To view a list of supporters for the 2010 presentation of America's Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York at the Museum of the City of New York, please click here.
ABOVE: Mayor John Lindsay with demonstrators at the groundbreaking for Flatlands Industrial Park in Brooklyn, July 19, 1966. Black and Puerto Rican organizations had denounced the groundbreaking, shouting "Jim Crow Must Go," until Lindsay arrived and was cheered by the crowd. ©Neal Boenzi/The New York Times
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