Name: History Speaks Lecture: Paris, 1852-1870: Memory, Loss, and Urban Renewal
Start: 2024-11-03T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-03T15:00:00-05:00

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When Napoleon III assumed the reins of France, after a coup d’état in 1851, he set about transforming Paris into a capital befitting a modern empire. To make way for broad leafy boulevards, 350,000 people were displaced, and their homes torn down. To offer context, flavor and texture to our Farm to Table exhibition, join modern and contemporary architecture scholar Esther da Costa Meyer, Professor emerita, Princeton University to explore the social and historic implications of Paris’ early urban renewal endeavor and what has become the architectural markers of the Paris people have come to know.

$10 for members, $20 for non-members

Tickets increase $10 at the door. Registration recommended.

Presented in partnership with the Friends of the Myers House.