It Happened Here: NY 400 and NL-US Architecture

Thu, Jul 3 - Mon, Jul 7  2025

Lower Manhattan

Mark 400 years of New York City with two seminars looking into the historic and architecture ties between the United States and the Netherlands. "1600’s Symposium: The Beginning of the City" and "New York as a global city" bring together heritage and architecture experts from both sides of the Atlantic.

It Happened Here: 1600’s Symposium – The Beginning of the City

• July 3, 2-5 PM
• Fraunces Tavern Museum -54 Pearl Street #2nd floor New York, NY 10004
• Tickets

Please join cultureNOW, the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, Sons of the RevolutionSM in the State of New York, Inc. and its Fraunces Tavern Museum, Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, New York City Department of Records and Information Services, and New Amsterdam History Center for a hybrid symposium about Nieuw Amsterdam.

Speakers:

• Eric Sanderson, Author, Landscape Ecologist & Vice President for Urban Conservation Strategy, New York Botanical Garden
• Jaap Jacobs, Dutch historian
• Zachary Edinger, Shamash/Assistant Hazzan, Congregation Shearith Israel
• Russell Shorto, Author and Historian
• Sandra Lazo, New Amsterdam History Center
• Oscar Hefting, Director, New Holland Foundation
• Peggy King Jorde, Principal, KING JORDE Cultural Projects Consulting

You can also visit the exhibition New Visions of Old New York at the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) / Municipal Archives.

It Happened Here: NetherlandsNow – Framing the Future

• July 7, 8:30–11:30am
• Marvel Designs – 7 Lispenard St, New York, NY 10013, USA
• Netherlands session tickets
• Resiliency session tickets

Please join cultureNOW, the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, Center for Architecture, Consulate-General of the Netherlands in New York for a hybrid symposium about strategies for facing the urban challenges of the 21st century: mobility, resiliency, cultural heritage, water, housing. Architects from Amsterdam and other major cities in the Netherlands are global leaders in addressing these issues and will be invited to present their ideas in this program.

Speakers

FRAMING THE FUTURE: DUTCH ARCHITECTS IN NEW YORK

• Barry Nieuwenhuijs, Deputy Consul General at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York
• Francine Houben, Founding Partner, Mecanoo
• Winka Dubbeldam, Founding Partner, Archi-Tectonics
• Rijk Rietveld, Founder, Rietveld Architects
• Florian Idenburg, Founding Partner, SO – IL
• Frans van Vuure, Senior Architect, Managing Director, UN Studio

A PANORAMA OF DUTCH ARCHITECTURE TODAY

• Erikjan Vermeulen, Head of Architecture, Partner, CONCRETE
• Dikkie Scipio, Founding Partner, KAAN Architecten
• Stefan Prins, Partner, Powerhouse Company
• Evert Klinkenberg, Founding Partner, BETA
• MVRDV

At the Water’s Edge: Resiliency in Lower Manhattan

• Matthijs Bouw, Founder and President, One Architecture
• Jonathan Marvel, FAIA, Founding Principal, Marvel
• Kimberlae Saul, AIA, Vice President Planning & Design, Battery Park City Authority
• Alexis Taylor, Vice President for Climate Resilience, NYC Economic Development Corporation