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James Neiss/staff photographer
Niagara Falls, NY - Tom Bindeman, director of the NIOGA Library System, Jennifer Potter, Niagara Falls Public Library Director and Professor Emeritus Lynda Schneekloth, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo, look over the libraries display on local electricity before Schneekloth's presentation "The Power of Niagara," part of The Western New York Library Resources Council 50th Anniversary Celebration.
Press Release Info:
The Western New York Library Resources Council Invites You to a 50th Anniversary Celebration Event: The Power of Niagara
Where: Niagara Falls Public Library (1425 Main Street)
When: Monday, March 14, 2016, 4-6pm
Guests can enjoy the permanent exhibit of Niagara Falls images from the Orrin E. Dunlap Collection, as well as special displays from the Niagara Falls Public Library Local History Room and the Niagara County History Center. Refreshments will be served.
Guest Speaker: Professor Emeritus Lynda Schneekloth, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo
For four decades, Lynda H. Schneekloth has connected activism, design practice, applied research, teaching, scholarship, and academic service with deep theoretical work on the fundamental dynamics of professional and citizen engagement in the practice of “placemaking.”
Schneekloth has found many ways to re-imagine and to care for the place she has made her home – Buffalo and its region. Her legacies include Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, the Western New York Environmental Alliance, a broad public appreciation of the value of Buffalo’s massive ensemble of riverfront grain elevators; the currency in Buffalo Niagara planning of the idea of “green infrastructure;” and the growth of the Niagara Greenway Trail, a result of the community negotiations for the FERC relicensing of the Niagara Power Project.
Schneekloth is also author or editor of six books on topics including Olmsted Parks, regional heritage, reuse of institutional buildings and grounds, and grain elevators as well as co-author of the book, The Power Trail: The History of Hydroelectricity at Niagara
If planning to attend, please register at: http://www.wnylrc.org
