Please join us at Eugene V. Debs Hall for Jane’s Talk: Vaux Revival on Tuesday, April 23, 6 pm, in which we will explore the significance of Calvert Vaux, the lesser known partner of Frederick Law Olmsted and co-designer of Buffalo's park and parkway system.

We're proud to host two speakers for this event. Frank Kowsky, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Buffalo State University and author of Country, Park, and City: The Architecture and Life of Calvert Vaux, will tell us everything we ever wanted to know about Calvert Vaux. Brandon Kennedy, lead preservationist at Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN), will update us about PBN's efforts to save the Vaux Barn, 1119 Genesee Street--the sole remaining Buffalo structure designed by Vaux.

Finally, we'll have a discussion about a prospect that has been successfully pursued elsewhere but has long eluded Buffalo: reconstructing Vaux's lost works. Can Buffalo do it?

Doors open at 6 pm, with presentations beginning at 7 pm. Jane's Talk, modeled after the international Jane's Walk in honor of urbanist Jane Jacobs, is our ongoing speaker series on topics related to cities and the human habitat.