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Friday, April 30, 2010

Restoration Tour of the Beacon

The Beacon (4 Beacon Way): Saturday May 1st 11:00 am - 12:30

Historic Preservation Month, Metrovest Equities and the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy invite the public to tour the spectacular restoration of the Art Deco former Jersey City Medical Center.

The Beacon's own restoration consultant, Ulana Zakalak, will take you on a tour highlighting the new lobby, the restored Broadway corridor, the Rialto Theater, and the former lobby, which is now the billiards room, complete with the newly conserved Allen George Newman bas-relief, From Myth to Medicine. Mayor Frank Hague's office, has now been converted into the Hague Poker Room, also restored lobbies and the Roosevelt reading room.

$10/$7 for seniors and students. Meet at the new lobby of The Beacon.

For more information contact Ulana Zakalak at uzakalak@comcast.net