The Battery Conservancy

Annual Gala

• Tuesday, June 9, 2009

  Honoring The Kingdom Of The Netherlands with The Battery Medal For Cultural Heritage

  Principal Sponsors:

  • Elizabeth H. Atwood
  • Empire BlueCross BlueShield
  • Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority

  Cocktails: 6:00-7:00 in the Bosque

  Gardens designed by dutch plantsman, Piet Oudolf

  Dinner:overlooking the same glorious harbor that welcome Henry Hudson four centuries ago

  Attire: Royal Orange, Delft Blue or Porcelain White

  Enter Park across from 17 Battery Place

  Co-chairs:

  • William C. Rudin
  • Frank Bisignano
  • Jeff Hughes
  • Mark Wagar

• Monday, June 9, 2008

  The Annual Gala was a celebration of the Battery, its cultural magnetism throughout history and its critical part in the future of Lower Manhattan. Two distinguished, civic-minded visionaries were honored with Battery Medals in recognition of their commitment to this revitalization.

  The Conservancy would like to thank all those who helped to make this a magical night.

  Honorees

  The Battery Medal for Culture
  Lisa Phillips, Director, New Museum of Contemporary Art

  The Battery Medal for Corporate Leadership
  Mark Wagar, President & CEO, Empire BlueCross BlueShield

  See below for images from the 2008 Spring Gala

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• Tuesday, June 5, 2007

  Honorees

  The Battery Medal for Culture
  Arthur Gelb, former Managing Editor of The New York Times,
  and renowned co-biographer of Eugene O'Neill

  The Battery Medal for Design Excellence
  Tiffany & Co.

  The Battery Medal for Corporate Leadership
  John E. Zuccotti, Co–Chairman of Brookfield Properties

  See below for images from the 2007 Water Gazer Gala

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  Mayor Bloomberg and Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe announced that world–renowned architect Frank Gehry will design his first playground for the Battery. Read the press release for more information.

• Tuesday, June 6, 2006

  The Battery Conservancy would like to thank its donors and all those who made the 11th Annual Battery Gala a great success.

  The New York Times featured the Battery Gala and the opening of the Walls within Walls exhibit inside Castle Clinton National Monument in an article on June 7th.

  See below for images from the 2006 Battery Gala

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• Images from previous Galas

  • 2005
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  • 2003
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