Freelance journliast David Freeland, one of the keynote speakers at last fall’s Lost New York conference and the author most recently of Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure, is taking part in a panel discussion this Wednesday evening February 10 entitled “The Vanishing City: Losing the Fun.” He’ll be joined by architectural historian Andrew Dolkart, author of The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908–1929; vaudeville performer and historian Trav S. D., author of No Applause–Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous; and Cindy VandenBosch, co-founder of the New York walking tour company Urban Oyster. They’ll be talking about why it’s important to preserve New York’s historic entertainnent venues and whether that project is economically feasible in these difficult times.
The panel takes place at the Dixon Place Theater (161 Chyristie Street, between Delancey and Rivington). The lounge opens at 7:30, and the panel begins at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $10. Call 212.219.0736 for reservations or go to www.dixonplace.org.
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