What's Happening at The Landmark Society
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The Landmark Society has an immediate
employment opportunity for a Preservation Planner.
Interested
parties may find out more information here
Welcome! Here you can read about Landmark news, tours, and
gather all kinds of information on current events in the world of preservation.
Please stay a while, scroll down this page and check out the wealth of
information this site has to offer. Have you read our blog? Check out
Confessions of a Preservationist (subscribe to the RSS feed and never miss a
post!)
We're also on Twitter and Facebook. Come join us!


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NEW!
Think you know Detroit? Think again.
Book before February 1, 2010 and save $25 per person
We invite you to experience the incredible culture and beauty of the Motor
City with us as your guide.
In May 2010, we'll explore the dazzling architecture and rich history of
Detroit. Destinations include Meadowbrook Hall, the Fox Theater, Henry Ford’s
Estate, Albert Kahn-designed homes, and the Henry Ford Museum, which boasts "the
most significant collection of the American experience ever assembled,"
including Thomas Edison's laboratory and the futuristic R. Buckminster
Fuller-designed Dymaxion House.
This exciting motor coach tour will have you experiencing the best of what
the Motor City has to offer! A full itinerary is available
here.
Register now and save!
Detroit Skyline by Flickr user meagen,
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NEW!
Discover all Rochester has to offer at City Living Sundays
By now it's fairly clear that The Landmark Society is a big fan of city living.
We also consider ourselves lucky to be in such a great place as the
City of Rochester! Stunning architecture,
beautiful parks, world-class arts and culture, public and private
universities, great restaurants and independent businesses, a century-old Public
Market, important history...the list of why we love Rochester is endless. And
we're proud to once again partner with the City of Rochester for the
City Living Sundays program, a one-stop expo for potential homebuyers.
Read more here about the program, and about how to qualify for a FREE
Landmark Society bus tour the Saturdays preceding each Sunday event. |
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NEW!
Walk the Walk, 2010 style.
Rochester has a long and proud history of activism. Susan B. Anthony,
Frederick Douglass and countless others (perhaps with less famous names!) have
stood up in this city for what they believed to be right, and their stories
weave together into a rich tapestry of experiences and lessons from which we all
benefit.
We're once again proud to showcase a program that embodies the spirit of our
shared history. Walk The Walk: Encounters with Rochester's
African-American Ancestors is an interactive and emotionally-moving
collection of vignettes plucked from the pages of history, as told in a live
theatre setting. This annual tribute to Black History Month brings to life
frontiersman Captain Sunfish, abolitionists Frederick Douglass and his wife
Anna, as well as other notables from Rochester’s rich African-American past,
including a youngster from Mother Dorsey’s Home for Homeless Colored Children.
Two daytime
school performances for grades 3 and higher will be on Feb 4th and 5th..
See
here for more information on the performances, teacher registration, and our
student pen-pal program! A single public performance will be held 7 p.m. February
12th at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 141 Adams Street, Rochester.
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NEW!
Save the Date: Annual Preservation Conference
The Landmark Society's 24th Annual Preservation Conference will be April 24,
2010 in Palmyra, NY. This year's theme is Saving the Past, Sustaining the
Future: Preservation Strategies for Challenging Times.
More information, including workshop tracks, speakers and more will soon be
announced. Until then, mark your calendars, you don't want to miss this one! |
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Annual
Meeting and Preservation Awards
Our 2009 Annual Meeting was held on Sunday, November 22 at the
Rochester Academy of Medicine. About 175 people gathered while we
elected new trustees for 2010, heard an update from by Executive
Director Joanne Arany on the "Brave New World" The Landmark Society is
facing, and honored the winners of our annual Historic Preservation
awards.
More information, including changes to the Board of Trustees and a
list of award winners may be
found here. You are also invited to
download a PDF of
our 2009 Annual Report.
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Welcome
to the home of historic tours!
We have many outstanding adventures planned for 2010. Whether it
be for the day or for an extended motor coach journey, we welcome you to
join us on one or more of our superb tours.
The quirky collections of Americana and historical items at the Henry
Ford Museum (the John Lennon Rolls Royce is pictured to the left) ...
the breathtaking vistas of the Hudson River Valley... the Frank Lloyd
Wright heritage of Buffalo ... even the incredible treasures found in
our own back yard here in Rochester...Our tours are full of history,
architecture, education and plenty of fun, and led by some of the
warmest and friendliest staff around.
Times are tight, it's a fact. But while we all attempt to stretch our
dollars a little bit further, it's become of the utmost importance to
receive more value for what we spend. Landmark Tours are here to help. We
challenge you to find a more diverse, exciting and educational outing for
your money! Please click
here for a full listing of dates and registration information, or
call Cheryl at (585) 546-7029 x23 for more information.
photo of Rolls Royce by Flickr user Dave Hogg, used
with permission under Creative Commons license.
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Help The Landmark Society
share history,
build communities, and shape lives.

For more on the Annual Fund, and how your dollars will be used to directly
impact the communities in which you live, work and play, please
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