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Don't miss these one-of-a-kind Preservation Experiences!
Each "experience" is being offered on a date & time certain, for a set number of people at a fixed per-person price. Space is limited, so RESERVE TODAY!
(Items are non-refundable, but may be transferred by providing prior notice)
Catch the Spirit of the Bay: Bring the Family for a VIP Experience at Tuckerton Seaport
Host(s): Paul Hart, Executive Director, Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen's Musuem
Number of guests: 18
Price: $30/person
Date and Time:
This Experience is Avaialble for parties of 5 or more on various dates throughout 2012! Please CALL THE PNJ OFFICE to schedule a date for your group to "Catch the Spirit of the Bay!"
Location:
Tuckerton Seaport and Bayman's Musuem, Tuckerton
Image courtesy of Nanci Smith
The Tuckerston Seaport and Baymen's Museum offers one-of-a-kind maritime fun! In this family-oriented behind-the-scenes tour, you'll be the first guests of the day with entry before the doors open to the general public. This VIP experience will last approximately two hours and will include your chance to:
watch a clam walk!
dress like a pirate!
feed Uncle Sam, the Seaport's resident goat!
enjoy the view from Tucker's Island Lighthouse!
watch decoy carvers in action!
take a swing at the nine hole historic miniature gold course!
and explore 40 acres of bayside family fun!
Bring the kids and enjoy history and fun in South Jersey.
Note: This Experience is Avaialble for parties of 5 or more on various dates throughout 2012! Please CALL THE PNJ OFFICE to schedule a date for your group to "Catch the Spirit of the Bay!"
Stage, Screen, and History: Behind the Scenes at Loew's Jersey Theatre
Host(s): Eric Holtermann, AIA, HMR Architects and Colin Egan, Friends of the Loews
Number of guests: 0
Price: $60/person
Date and Time:
Saturday, October 6, 2012; 3:00pm
Location:
Loew's Jersey Theatre, Jersey City
The Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City is one of five “Wonder Theatres” built by the Loews Corporation in the heady 1920’s. Tour this magnificent 3,000 seat movie palace, from its ornate terra cotta façade to its sumptuous baroque interior, with architect Eric Holtermann and Theatre Director Colin Egan. Following the tour, enjoy a fine dinner at the Light Horse Tavern in the historic Paulus Hook section of Jersey City.
NOTE: Expect many stairs and some dust
An Experience You Missed
The Turning Point of the Revolution: Landmarks of the Battles of Trenton
Host(s): John D. S. Hatch, FAIA and David Henderson
Number of guests: 0
Price: $75/person
Date and Time:
Saturday, September 8, 2012; 9:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
Mercer County (Washington Crossing to Trenton)
Experience the First and Second Battles of Trenton- the turning point of the Revolution!- by follwing the routes that Washington and his Generals took in 1776-1777. Starting at the Delaware River at aptly-named Washington's Crossing, you'll move from Hopewell to Trenton, exploring Jacob's Creek, the Bear Tavern, the House of Philemon Dickinson, St. Michael's Church, Mill Hill Park, and more. The tour will conclude with a gourmet lunch at the restored Victorian-era Mill Hill home of your guides.
NOTE: This tour invovles extensive walking
An experience you missed
An Afternoon with Caroline Foster and Friends: Morris County in the "Roaring 20s"
Host(s): Friends of Fosterfields; Cooper Gristmill
Number of guests: 2
Price: $75/person
Date and Time:
March 25, 2012; 1:00pm-5:00pm
Location:
Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, Morris Township
Caroline Foster lived all of her 102 years on her father’s farm – today preserved as Fosterfields Living Historical Farm by the Morris County Park Commission. Caroline led a busy social life in the Roaring 20s. Be one of the first to learn about her friends - who they were and where they lived – on this intial run of an exciting new tour of historic estates in the Morristown and Morristownship area.
The tour begins at Fosterfields’ Visitors Center with a short presentation about Miss Foster, her friends, and their houses, by noted architectural historian Barry Thomson, and Fosterfields’ Historian, and author of Caroline Foster and Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: A Life and a Legacy, Becky Hoskins.
Guests then board shuttle busses to visit many of the houses and places Miss Foster knew. A highlight includes a tour of two houses that Miss Foster often visited: The Kellogg Club, home to Mrs. Cornelia Kellogg, and now a private club on Colles Avenue in Morristown, and the Robert D. Foote estate, now the Loyola House of Retreats on James Street.
The tour ends at a third home - the Rawle-Tracey house on Knox Hill Road: home of Mollie Rawle in the 1920s and now headquarters for the Community Foundation of New Jersey. Enjoy refreshments in the library along with a guided tour of the house and grounds, before boarding the shuttle buses back to the Fosterfields Visitor Center.
An Experience You Missed
Explore the Early Architecture of Cape May County
Host(s): Joan Berkey and Penelope S. Watson, AIA
Number of guests: 0
Price: $60/person
Date and Time:
Saturday, September 8, 2012; 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Cape May County
Meet an expert in South Jersey architecture, and enjoy a peek into the Cape May County of two centuries ago. Joan Berkey, author of Early Architecture of Cape May County, will lead a tour of five representative historic homes dating from the early 18th century to 1790. Explore these private remnants of early New Jersey, and enjoy lunch at the author's own historic home. To round out the day, you'll be treated to dessert at another house on the tour.
NOTE: Homes are not barrier-free accessible. Participants will be asked to drive between sites in their personal vehicles.
THIS EXPERINCE IS NOW SOLD OUT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Escape to Martha's Vineyard
Host(s): Brian and Debbie Kelly
Number of guests: 1
Price: $1800
Date and Time:
June 2-9, 2012
Location:
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Enjoy a week in this charming 1890's-era Victorian cottage in quiet Oak Bluffs neighborhood on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Two-story house has four bedrooms that sleep a total of eight, with three double beds, two twin beds and two bathrooms. Wrap-around porch with hammock, and second floor balcony off master bedroom. Walk to harbor, beaches, historic Victorian cottages, shops and restaurants.
NOTE: Visitors must purchase ferry ticket from Martha's Vineyard Steamship Authority in advance to transport a car to the island. Travel time from central New Jersey to Cape Cod is approximately 6 hours; the ferry ride from Woods Hole to Martha's Vineyard is 45 minutes. Pets are not permitted, and the scheduled date cannot be changed.
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Wine on the Rails
Host(s): Delaware River Railroad Excursions; Villa Milagro Vineyards; Eclectic Architecture, LLC
Number of guests: 6
Price: $65/person
Date and Time:
Sunday, May 20; 11am
Location:
Belvidere-Delaware River Railway (Phillipsburg to Finesville), Villa Milagro Vineyards in Finesville
Enjoy a beautiful journey along the scenic Delaware River behind New Jersey's only operating steam locomotive and a visit to one of New Jersey's most beautiful vineyards. The train ride along the Belvidere-Delaware River Railway starts in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and winds along the Delaware River, visiting one of the most impressive banks of lime kilns ever built. Staff of Belividere-Delaware River Railroad Excursions and Architect Michael J. Margulies, AIA will accompany you to explain the history of the railroad, the region and the kilns. A box lunch will be provided which can be eaten at picnic groves along the railroad. At the southern end of the ride, you will be taken by bus up to Villa Milagro Vineyards. There you will tour the vineyard and winery to learn how grapes are grown and processed into wine. Then enjoy a wine tasting paired with hors d’oeuvres. Guests will have the opportunity to take trains at varying schedules back to Phillipsburg afterward.
NOTE: Please call with any concerns regarding accessibility.
An Experience You Missed
Morgan Library and Museum Tour
Host(s): Richard Southwick, FAIA
Number of guests: 2
Price: $75/person
Date and Time:
Sunday, May 20, 2012; 1:00pm
Location:
Morgan Library, 225 Madison Ave., New York, NY
Spend an afternoon in the newly expanded Morgan Library and Museum on Madison Avenue in New York. Explore the three restored landmarks and the Renzo Piano designed addition with Richard W. Southwick FAIA, PNJ board member and partner at Beyer Blinder Belle, the architects in charge of the project. The tour will be conducted on a Sunday afternoon, and start with lunch in the piazza café accompanied by an historic overview of the Morgan Library. A walk through the 1850’s brownstone (the original Morgan House), the 1906 original McKim Mead & White Library, and the Renzo Piano atrium, auditorium and reading room will culminate in the special contemporary galleries with time to take in the current exhibition.
An Experience You Missed
Be a VIP at the New Jersey Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Ceremony
Host(s): New Jersey Hall of Fame
Number of guests: 2
Price: $275/person
Date and Time:
Saturday, June 9, 2012; 5:30pm ("Red Carpet" festivities begin)
Location:
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark
Experience a wonderful night at the New Jersey Performing Art Center as the 5th annual induction ceremony welcomes in the Class of 2012. These exclusive VIP tickets include valet parking, an entrance walk down the red carpet, admission to the pre-show cocktail party, prime seating for the show and admission to the post-ceremony reception. See the New Jersey Hall of Fame website for this year's inductees: www.njhalloffame.org
An Experience You Missed
"Slippery As Sin"- An Evening at the Theatre
Host(s): Passage Theatre Company
Number of guests: 2
Price: $40/person
Date and Time:
Any Thursday, Friday, or Saturday at 8:00pm, or any Sunday at 3:00pm, May 17-June 3
Location:
Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton
Enjoy Passage Theatre's world premiere production of David Lee White's "dark house" comedic thriller, "Slippery as Sin."
Jump on this roller coaster ride of comedic thrills and explore political paranoia and cultural hysteria in the “Dirty Thirties.” It’s 1932 and a group of formerly well-to-do socialites are stranded on a former resort island gone-to-seed. The sinister and calculating Diabolicus, the worlds most devious master criminal, has threatened to murder everyone in the house before daybreak- but is the master criminal lurking in the shadows of reality or in the recesses of paranoid minds? The truth is often “Slippery as Sin..."
Note: Various dates, subject to availiability, available.
An Experience You Missed
Explore the 1877 Ballantine Barn
Host(s): GlaxoSmithKline; Henderson Constructors, Inc.; Restoration Technologies of New Jersey, LLC; Eclectic Architecture, LLC
Number of guests: 5
Price: $25/person
Date and Time:
Saturday, May 19, 2012; 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Ballantine Barn, Parsippany-Troy Hills
Take a guided tour of the Ballantine Barn to learn about the specific project and barn rehabilitation and adaptive re-use. In the late 19th century, the family members of the Ballantine Brewery in Newark were looking westward to build their country estates. What is now a campus of GlaxoSmithKline was the estate of Peter Ballantine in 1877, and today retains a spectacular beech tree and a large barn from that era. GlaxoSmithKline has recognized the significance of these resources and has made an extraordinary commitment to their conservation. After 130 years, the barn was severely deteriorated, but GlaxoSmithKline decided against the demolition of the abandoned structure. Under the management of Henderson Constructors, Inc., and direction of Eclectic Architecture, LLC, an emergency stabilization and building envelope restoration was completed by Restoration Technologies of New Jersey in the Fall of 2010. The next phase is an adaptive re-use campaign to allow for the barn to actively be used as part of the GSK campus.
Michael J. Margulies, AIA of Eclectic Architecture and Adam Wengryn of Restoration Technologies of New Jersey will lead the tour and will discuss the barn structure, the problems and discoveries in the framing, the challenges of the project and the possibilities for adaptive re-use.
NOTE: The tour will require sturdy shoes as guests will be taken through the project worksite.
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