Preservation Month 2010 in Jersey City

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Preservation Month 2010 Kicks Off with a Restoration Tour of "The Beacon," the Former Jersey City Medical Center. Saturday May 1 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Restoration Tour of "The Beacon," the Former Jersey City Medical Center
Cost: $10.00, $7.00 for seniors and students with current ID. Meet at the new lobby of The Beacon. Turn into the main entrance at Beacon Way. Valet parking is $5.00. Metered parking is available on Montgomery Street. Rain or shine!

In celebration of Historic Preservation Month, Metrovest Equities and the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy invite the public to tour the magnificent restoration of the Art Deco former Jersey City Medical Center. The tour will include the first public viewing of the model "Live Large" loft in the new Mercury building, as photographed in Architectural Digest magazine. Led by The Beacon's own restoration consultant, Ulana Zakalak, president of Zakalak Restoration Arts, highlights will include the magnificent new lobby, the restored Broadway corridor, the Rialto Theater, and the former lobby, now the billiards room, complete with the newly conserved Allen George Newman bas-relief, From Myth to Medicine. Come see Mayor Frank Hague's office, now converted into the Hague Poker Room, as well as restored lobbies and the Roosevelt reading room. Visit the unparalleled amenities floor which includes Club Aqua and the Grotto Lounge.

For more information contact JCLC board member Ulana Zakalak (ed. Can PM on the web board)

More tours will be announced shortly.

JC Landmarks Email: jclandmarks@gmail.com
The Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy (JCLC) is Jersey City's premiere historic preservation organization and was founded in 1999 to initiate and lead the grassroots advocacy campaigns for the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse and other iconic architectural monuments. To learn more about our mission and to get involved with our ongoing preservation campaigns, please visit our Ed Mullen Studio-designed website at www.jclandmarks.org !