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Friday, April 5, 2013

BOOK TALK - MARGUERITE HOLLOWAY


Thurs. Apr. 11, 8:00 p.m.
Clark Auditorium
Cultural Education Center - Empire State Plaza
222 Madison Avenue - Albany

Marguerite Holloway, author of The Measure of Manhattan, will speak about the fascinating history of John Randel, Jr., the man who plotted the grid transforming hilly, undeveloped, early 19th century Manhattan into today's modern, geometric city.

Free and open to the public.  Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute, the Friends of the New York State Library, and the New York Council for the Humanities.

Free parking for this event is available in the Cathedral Lot, just east of the CEC.

Posted at the request of the Friends of the New York State Library.

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