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&EMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 1992 NY'92 Tour Reservation Line: NY'92 Host Committee 788-2890 Mayor David N. Dinkins Honorary Chair NY'92 General Information Line: Robert E. Rubin 788-1992 Chair

Arthur Levitt Jr. Vice-Chair

Richard A. Jalkut James B. Robinson Ill Steven Ross Robert B. Tierney Honorary Vice-Chairs

Principal Sponsors

American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. AT&T Telephone Company Tim e Warner Inc.

Major Sponsors

The Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York Delta Air Lines, Inc.

NY '92 Thanks the following organizations for their generous support in underwriting this brochure: Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO District Council 37, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 100, Transport Workers Union of America Local 888, United Food and Commercial Workers New York Metro Area Postal Union, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO

NY'92 Thanks Bill Anton and Gina Russell at Service Station design studio and John Yue of DGS CityGraphics for design and other assistance with this brochure NY'92 Shopping Shuttle Buses Page 6 Buses will stop at major shopping areas in Week at a 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Glance Mlle Festival Page 7 from 82nd Street to 104th Street Saturday, July 11 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Media Welcoming Party Page 4 Open to the Public 42nd St. between 5th and 6th Avenues Wednesday, July 15 • ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Muffins and Masterpieces Page 7 Invitation Required Museum of 53rd St. between 5th and 6th Avenues Sunday, July 12 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Continental Breakfast Delegate Welcoming Receptions Page 4 for delegates and their families Various locations throughout New York City Invitation or delegate credential required 5:30 p.m. - 8 :30 p.m. Invitation Required Broadway on Broadway - Outdoor Concert Page 7 Midsummer Night Swing Page 4 Broadway, 43rd/44th Sts. Columbus Ave. at 64th St. 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Open to the Public

Monday, July 13 • FOOD AND RESTAURANTS Soho Tour* Page 8 Delegate Dine-Out Page 5 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Lottery held at 10:30 a.m. Bus leaves from Headquarters Hotel Complex The Remi Restaurant Atrium 53rd St. between 6th and 7th Aves. 145 W. 53rd St. between 6th and 7th Aves. Luncheons held at various locations throughout Lincoln Center Meet the Artist New York City and Backstage Tour* Page 8 Delegate participation arranged in advance 1:30 p.m. Meet at the Lincoln Center Plaza fountain Tuesday, July 14 · FASHION AND SHOPPING Columbus Ave . and 64th St. Delegate Fun Run Page 5 Thursday, July 16 · UNIQUE NEW YORK Central Park West at 72nd St. 16 Tours scheduled throughout the day 8:00 a.m. Including sights In all five boroughs Pre-Registration Encouraged Pages 9-15

Urban Development at Every Day (Monday, July 13 • Thursday, July 16) the Apollo; Shopping on 125th St.* Page 6 NY'92 Shuttle Page 15 9:45 a.m. Shuttle service to The New York Stock Exchange, Bus Leaves from Headquarters Hotel Complex , Battery Park, World Trade 53rd St. between 6th and 7th Aves. Center, World Financial Center 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Daily NY Is Fashion Page 6 Great Lawn of Central Park Convention-Related Cultural Programming 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Exhibits with political themes created especially Ticket Required for the Convention Pages 17 - 20

* Space on tours is limited. Please call 788-2890 to reserve a space on a tour.

2 3 MONDAY, JULY 13 · SATURDAY, JULY 11 FOOD AND RESTAURANTS

Delegate Dine-Out NY'92 will host a spectacular party in honor of the 15,000 local, national and international Four members from each delegation will be press covering the Convention. The beautifully hosted at lunch at fifty-six of New York's best­ renovated Bryant Park will serve as a magical known dining establishments. NY'92 will hold a back-drop to the entertainment and festivities. Luncheon Lottery, where each Delegation will Co-hosted by HBO and the Coca-Cola Company. learn which restaurant will host them. A Co-sponsored by Goldman, Sachs & Co., The prominent New Yorker and a member of the First Boston Corporation, Time Warner Inc., delegation's Host Group will join each Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette,~and Prudential delegation. With major support from American Securities, Inc. Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. and . Place: Bryant Park 42nd St. between 5th and 6th Aves. Place: Luncheon Lottery held at The Remi Time: 8:00 p.m.- 11:00 p.m. Restaurant Atrium 145 W. 53rd St. Enter at 42nd St. and 5th Ave . or 42nd St. and between 6th and 7th Aves . 6th Ave. Time: Luncheon Lottery at 10:30 a.m. Invitation or media credential required Luncheons held at fifty-six locations throughout New York City. Transportation will be provided from Remi SUNDAY, JULY 12 Restaurant to all fifty-six restaurants and return transportation will be available from those Delegation Welcoming Receptions restaurants that are not in midtown Manhattan.

Official Welcoming Receptions for each TUESDAY, JULY 14 · delegation will be held on Sunday evening, July FASHION AND SHOPPING 12, from 5:30 p.m.- 8 :30 p.m. Each reception has a Sponsor, who has "adopted" a delegation Delegate Fun Run for the evening. Many sponsors are providing round-trip transportation from the delegation's This 5K Fun Run, with an emphasis on fun rather hotel to the Welcoming Reception. than speed, is open to all Convention participants. Consult your State Arrangement Chair for your The course will cover the southern end of Central bus departure time. Following the Welcoming Park, and showcase the beauty of the world Receptions, delegates will be transported to famous park. Participants are encouraged to Lincoln Center for Midsummer Night Swing (see pre-register at the New York Hilton Hotel, 2nd below), or dropped off at their hotel. Floor Promenade, Saturday, July 11th and Midsummer Night Swing Sunday, July 12th, from Noon. 5:00 p.m., and Monday, July 13th, from 11:00 a.m . • 7:00 p.m. Registrants will receive a tee-shirt and bib After the Welcoming Receptions, we encourage number. Sponsored by the American Hospital delegates to go to Lincoln Center, where they Association, Greater New York Hospital can dance underneath the stars at Midsummer Association, and the Hospital Association of New Night Swing. This special evening will feature the York State. swing music of Panama Francis and His Savoy Sultans. Afterwards, limited shuttle bus service Place: Central Park will be available to delegate hotels. Enter at either Central Park West and 72nd St. or 5th Ave. and 72nd St. Place: Lincoln Center Time: Pre-registered Delegates should come Columbus Ave . at 64th St. at 7:45 a.m. Time : 8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. All others should come at 7:30 a.m. Run begins at 8:00 a.m. 4 5 Urban Development Corporation (HUDC) American Express Travel Related Services Co. at the Apollo Inc.

Museum Mlle Festival Join HUDC in Harlem at the world-famous Apollo Theater for a multi-media presentation on urban development. The Hon. Percy E. Sutton, One of the City's most popular cultural events is Congressman Charles B. Rangel and The Hon. the annual celebration of Museum Mile. During Willie L. Brown will address the issues of local the Festival, ten cultural institutions will be open revitalization and its impact on the national front. and offer free admission to the public. Fifth Continental breakfast will be provided. After the Avenue will be closed to traffic. Included in presentation, you will have an opportunity to Museum Mile are: The Metropolitan Museum of shop at Mart 125, a collection of stores owned Art; Goethe House New York; YIVO lnsitute for and operated by African-American and African- Jewish Research; Solomon R. Guggenheim Caribbean Harlem residents. - Museum; National Academy of Design; Cooper­ Hewitt, National Museum of Design, Smithsonian Place: Bus leaves from Headquarters Hotel Institution; The Jewish Museum; International Complex Center of Photography; Museum of the City of 53rd St. between 6th and 7th Aves. New York; and El Museo del Barrio. Time: 9 :45 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Please call 788-2890 to reserve a space. Place: 5th Avenue between 82nd St. and 104th St. Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. NY IS FASHION Open to the Public

Limited delegate bus service will be available. NY IS FASHION will be the largest fashion event ever held in New York City, focusing on American fashion and New York designers. Participants WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 • include Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karan , and ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Calvin Klein. The fashion show will take place under a tent on the Great Lawn at Central Park Muffins and Masterpieces and will feature the world's longest (120-foot) runway. Seating is limited. Tickets will be distributed proportionally based on the size of The will open its doors for the delegation. This event is being sponsored by a private breakfast for delegates and their the International Ladies' Garment Workers' families. Galleries will be open for viewing. Union, the Council of American Fashion, the Sponsored by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Fashion Institute of Technology, and American Garrison. Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc. Place: Museum of Modern Art Place: Great Lawn of Central Park 53rd Street between 5th and 6th Enter either at 79th St. and 5th Ave Avenues or 81st St. and Central Park West Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Time 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Invitation or delegate credential required Tickets required Broadway on Broadway Shopping Buses The Broadway theater community will host a free outdoor concert in the heart of Times Square NY'92 will offer free shuttle shopping buses for featuring Broadway's hit musicals. Accompanied delegates and their families to visit some of by a 28-piece orchestra, every Broadway musical midtown Manhattan's most popular retail areas. will present a special selection from its Buses will run continuously from 10:00 a.m. - repertoire. Among the hit shows which will be 6:00 p.m. Bus stop information is available at featured are "Guys and Dolls", "Miss Saigon·, the NY'92 Hospitality Tables in the delegate • Jelly's Last Jam", and "Cats". This public event hotels. The last buses of the day will drop-off will be one of the largest ever organized by the delegates at Museum Mile. Sponsored by

6 7 Broadway theaters and will be simulcast on the Sony Jumbotron screen located directly behind the stage. "Broadway on Broadway" is being co­ THURSDAY, JULY 16- produced by the League of American Theaters UNIQUE NEW YORK and Producers and the Times Square Business Improvement District, and is being presented The five boroughs of New York have distinctive with generous support from American Express histories wrapped in the richness of their Travel Related Services Co. Inc. neighborhoods. The allure, intensity, and diversity of what makes New York unique are Place: Times Square arranged for you in a choice of tours. Nosh Broadway between 43rd and 44th through multi-ethnic neighborhoods of ; Streets get a glimpse of the underground network at Time: 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Yankee Stadium; see the bustling markets of Open to the Public Chinatown; tour historic Harlem; walk through three centuries of daily life on one of Staten Soho Tour Island's historic sites; see and take an old-fashioned trolley ride to a Take a "behind the scenes" tour of Soho, ; experience the famous gardens of York's internationally famous art district, and lsamu Noguchi. These tours and more await meet the world-renowned art dealers whose you! galleries you will visit. The guided tour begins at The Ronald Feldman Rne Arts Gallery and will Sponsored by District Council 37, AFSCME , continue on to six major contemporary art AFL-CIO . galleries, including The Leo Castelli Gallery, The Mary Boone Gallery, and The Sonnabend Gallery. The tour will end with a private visit to the newly­ GENERAL INFORMATION opened downtown branch of the Guggenheim Museum. * Except where noted, all tours will leave from the New York Hilton on the morning of Thursday Place: Bus leaves from Headquarters Hotel July 16th between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and Complex 9:30 a.m. Tours will return by early afternoon. 53rd St. between 6th and 7th Aves. Time: 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. • All tours will last approximately three to five Please call 788-2890 to reserve a space. hours. There is no cost for delegates, their guests and members of the press. In cases where lunch has been arranged, tour participants Lincoln Center Meet the Artist may purchase lunch for approximately $6-$12 per person depending on the tour. Lincoln Center is the home of the House, Avery Rsher Hall, the New York * Space is limited, so we encourage you to State Theater, the Vivian Beaumont Theater and make a reservation for the tour of greatest . Join us for a private performance interest to you as soon as possible starting by a leading soprano from the New York City Tuesday July 7th. The NY'92 tour reservation Opera and a guided backstage tour. You will number Is (212) 788-2890. have a chance to meet the artist and ask questions. • Please call to confirm your reservation no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14th. Place: Meet at the Lincoln Center Plaza Specific transportation information will be Fountain provided when making a reservation. Columbus Ave . at 64th St. Time: 1:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. We are very excited about introducing you to the Please call 788-2890 to reserve a space. many faces and places that make New York UNIQUE. Don 't forget to wear comfortable shoes. See you soon!

8 9 ASTORIA. DEVELOPING BROOKLYN Hidden away in this charming Queens The Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Center is neighborhood of predominantly Greek and Italian one of New York's first major urban development American residents is the Kaufman Astoria projects. This complex, which utilized older Studio, where TV shows such as "The Cosby industrial and commercial buildings, is a major Show" and movies such as "Presumed Innocent" achievement of the Bedford-Stuyvesant were made. This combination studio/sound Restoration Corporation, founded in 1967. stage is also home to a new teenage soap opera Among the attractive stores and offices is the called "Swans Crossing," as well as a BBC Billie Holiday Theater that offers a wealth of production of a one-act play. On this tour, you entertainment for the entire community. After will have the opportunity to view both these our tour of the Center, we will then move on to programs as they are being taped. And , in order explore one of the country's newest and most to dispel the image of New York as a city of only fascinating urban development projects - skyscrapers and concrete, the tour will continue MetroTech - a $1 billion, four-million-square foot with a walk through streets lined with quaint commercial, academic and high technology office houses and well-trimmed gardens. The tour will complex in the heart of downtown Brooklyn. conclude with a visit to the American Museum of Both of these projects serve as important the Moving Image to view a special exhibit, The examples of urban revitalization. Living Room Candidate: A History of Presidential Campaigns on Television 1952-1992, and then on to a Greek restaurant for lunch. ELLIS ISLAND AND THE LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM TOUR, BROOKLYN We will take the ferry and view the Statue of Explore this Russian community on a walking Liberty during our journey to Ellis Island. A tour that will include a stop at a Russian Columbia University historian will accompany the bookstore to meet local residents and a famous tour and offer fascinating insights. After Russian writer. Hear the stories of recent returning from Ellis Island, we will go by trolley to immigrants who overcame great odds to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. The establish their own businesses, meet a Russian lower east side of Manhattan was often a direct artist in his studio where he will discuss his work stop for immigrants after leaving Ellis Island. and the impact of emigration on his life, and at The museum will detail the lives of the Irish , the end of the tour, partake of a traditional German, Jewish, Italian, African and Chinese Russian lunch. immigrants who lived in the tenements of New York from 1850-1940. BROOKLYN "NOSHING" Eat your way through the streets and restaurants FDR AT THE HALL OF FAME of Sunset Park. This tour encompasses a Celebrate with members of the Roosevelt family diversity of ethnic neighborhoods and truly at the Hall of Fame to witness the installation of reveals New York to be a "gorgeous mosaic". a bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. To kick off This community has a mixture of African­ your Bronx experience, you will have the option of American, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Cuban, touring Yankee Stadium, one of the best-known Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern, stadiums in the world. See the press box, dug Italian, Swedish and Polish eateries. Bon appetit! out, and clubhouse of one of the best-loved teams of the American League . A champagne CHINATOWN reception will follow at Bronx Community College. Stimulate the senses as you walk the narrow and Buses will then depart for a tour of various sites crowded streets and experience this vibrant ethnic throughout , including the Arthur community. Learn the history of this dynamic Avenue Food Market. neighborhood and how it continues to remain an important cultural and economic center for people GARDENS OF THE BRONX of Chinese ancestry throughout the City of New Calling all nature lovers! Feast your eyes on one York and the nation. View Chinatown's produce of the country's most beautiful gardens and one and fish markets, and sample some of the best of the world's leading horticultural resources - Chinese cuisine. This walking tour will end with the New York Botanical Garden. After lunch at Dim Sum, a sampling of Chinese dishes. the Snuff Hill restaurant, a beautiful 18th century

10 11 landmark building, we will proceed to stately NOGUCHI AND A TASTE OF QUEENS Wave Hill, a country villa nestled in the hills of This museum, located in the middle of Long the Riverdale section of the Bronx. Wave Hill, at Island City, Queens, is the creation of different times, was the residence of Theodore internationally renowned artist lsamu Noguchi. Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and Arturo Toscanini. The twelve indoor galleries and large outdoor garden feature exhibits ranging from sets GREENWICH VILLAGE designed for Martha Graham's dance numbers to No other neighborhood in New York has been the sculptures of stone, wood , metal and paper. birthplace of more literature than Greenwich After touring this fascinating museum, we will Village. Be inspired by the same colorful sights have lunch and a sampling of Greek, Hispanic, and sounds that influenced writers, artists and Caribbean and French Moroccan treats. musicians, from novelists Willa Cather and Henry James at the turn of the century to current RICHMONDTOWN, playwrights Arthur Lawrence ("West Side Story") RESTORATION and ("Six Degrees of Separation"). This historic village and museum complex This literary tour will include writers reading from interprets three centuries of daily life and culture their works, a 19th century brownstone parlor, on Staten Island. Many of the buildings have famous jau spots and haunts of famous artists, been recently restored and contain historically past and present. authentic furnishings as well as formal exhibits. Demonstrations of some of the daily activities of HISTORIC HARLEM an early Staten Islander truly bring this village to Harlem is a rich history of culture, politics and life. At the conclusion of the tour, we will enjoy a art. Your tour will begin at the site of what was box lunch on the museum grounds. once Alexander Hamilton's apple orchards, now Hamilton Terrace . This tour will also include the "STEEL, STONE AND BACKBONE": NEW YORK Schomburg Center, landmark churches, the BUILDS DURING TOUGH TIMES historic fire watchtower and bell tower, and the A 4-hour motor coach tour of major public works Studio Museum. Enjoy lunch in a Harlem sites in New York, constructed during previous brownstone. economic recessions. Created to coincide with an exhibit on the same subject at the Municipal LABOR HISTORY TOUR Art Society's Urban Center Galleries, the tour View first-hand the birthplace of American showcases New York's impressive history of unionism on this tour conducted by a Queens building in hard times and demonstrates that an College social historian. In a journey through the economic recession need not hinder creative streets that comprised the homes and municipal development. Featured are such 19th workplaces of immigrants at the end of the century projects as the Croton Water Aqueduct nineteenth century, we will visit the site of the and the Harlem Ship Canal, as well as projects tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, as well as other from the 20th century, including the Harlem River areas where early strikes and organizing efforts Houses and the Triborough Bridge. occurred. TIBETAN CULTURE AND TEA AT ALICE AUSTEN NATIVE AMERICAN TOUR This tour of Staten Island will begin with a visit to Explore the caves used by Native Americans for the Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan Art, one food storage with the Urban Park Rangers in of the finest collections of Tibetan art in the northern Manhattan. Then visit one of the finest world. The museum, which resembles a small and most comprehensive collections of Native Himalayan mountain temple, is perched on a American artifacts in the world at the National high hill, and contains sculptured gardens, brass Museum of the American Indian. Learn about the and bronze deities, and scroll wall hangings. The rich language, literature, history and art of the tour will then continue on to the home of Alice Native peoples of the Western hemisphere Austen, one of America's first women through this exhibit, which dates from pre-history photographers at the turn of the century. to the present. Included will be demonstrations Austen's home has been preserved by the NYC of traditional arts and crafts. Department of Parks as a historical landmark. Before the tour of the

12 13 begins, lunch and tea will be served on the lawn of this charming Victorian home. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS

INSOMNIACS TOUR NY'92 Lower Manhattan Shuttle Monday, July 13 -Thursday, July 16 For those who wish to test out the notion of New York as the city that never sleeps, our special A special shuttle bus will run from six convenient "insomniacs· tour is for you. First, see the midtown Manhattan locations to several stunning lights of New York while you sip downtown attractions, including The New York champagne atop the . We Stock Exchange, The South Street Seaport, the will then descend to different spots in the city for World Trade Center, the World Financial Center, an intimate look at New York after hours. Our and Battery Park. (You may board ferries at New York night out will include St. John Park for the and Ellis Divine, jazz clubs, a diner, a "bagelry, • and other Island). Buses will drop off delegates at the surprises. We will begin at 11:59 p.m.on Stock Exchange or the Seaport, and after touring Wednesday July 15th. these sites, delegates can then board a trolley that will take them to the other downtown For those who like a more leisurely day, take your attractions. Sponsored by The South Street choice of going behind-the-scenes on these Seaport, The New .York Stock Exchange and tours. Most of them are in mid-town Manhattan Brooklyn Union Gas . Please call 788-2890 if you and are convenient to delegate hotels. have special transportation needs for this shuttle. UNITED NATIONS On Thursday July 16th, the UN will provide FREE VIP tours to all delegates, family members and members of the press. On other days during SEE SCHEDULE OF BUS TIMES ON convention week, there will be a reduced rate. FOLLOWING PAGE For reservations, call the UN at (212) 963-4440.

LINCOLN CENTER On Thursday July 16th, FREE one-hour tours of Lincoln Center will be offered for delegates, family members and members of the press. For reservations, call (212) 875-5350.

CARNEGIE HALL On Thursday July 16th at 10:00 a.m., Carnegie Hall will provide a FREE one-hour tour for all delegates, family members and members of the press. For reservations, call (212) 903-9790.

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL In the morning on Thursday July 16th, there will be FREE tours of Radio City Music Hall for all delegates, family members and members of the press. Tour participants will have an opportunity to meet a Rockette. For reservations, call (212) 632-4041.

15 14 NY '92 Hospitality Tables Saturday, July 11- Friday, July 17 1: 0 lO O lO 8. r1 N ~ lO O lO O lO O lO OI A Hospitality Table will be staffed by NY'92 Cl> OOriri· · ·· ·· " " r1N~l0r1N. .•.••••..• • Cl) r1r1r1r1r1r1NN~~ volunteers in each delegate hotel. Volunteers are there to answer your questions about New York City, about NY'92 events, and to help in any way they can.

Location: Lobby or outside Caucus Rooms in Delegate Hotels Time: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. daily

Convention-Related Cultural Programming The following institutions have arranged exhibits with political themes specifically for the Democratic National Convention . Admission is 0 0 0 N lO 0 free at some of these institutions for delegates, lO .;..; C'i lO 0) r1 r1 c',j their families and members of the media.

1) The Museum of Television & Radio presents a special screening and listening series of political programs and commercials from July 7 0 to August 2, 1992. Television programs include r1 0 r1 r1 The Making of the President 1960 about the r1 N Kennedy-Nixon campaign. The Museum's Rad io Listening Room will feature an extensive list of famous political speeches as well as political satire from groups such as The Capital Steps. Also on exhibit will be a compilation reel of

0 0 memorable political commercials. Located at 25 C') 8 C') West 52nd Street in Manhattan, the Museum is 0) C'i c',j open Tuesdays through Sundays from Noon to 6:00 PM and until 8:00 PM on Thursdays. Theaters remain open until 9:00 PM on Fridays.

0 Tel. (212) 621-6600. r1 C'i 2) The New York Publlc Ubrary programs include daily exhibits at the 42nd Street and 5th Avenue Central Research Library branch that will tie into NY '92 theme days and there will be displays and lO lO lOO~lOlO programming at branches throughout the City. ~ .,:..; N ~ C') O'>r1r1NM Exhibits related to NY '92 theme days include: •on the Edge: Photographs from 100 Years of Vogue," featuring 200 extraordinary photographs of celebrities, cultural icons, and trend-setters by Irving Penn, Richard Avedon and many others. All Public Library branches will display relevant book lists and the Donnell Library Center at 10 West 53d Street in Manhattan will present a political film series. Additionally, the Public Library will provide an information center with state of the art communications and information technology for all delegates, the press and other groups related to the Convention.

16 17 3) The American Museum of the Moving Image more than fifty presidential manuscripts, from presents The Living Room Candidate: A History of George Washington to George Bush, representing Presidential Campaigns on Television 1952- more than two centuries of democracy in 1992, • an unprecedented gallery exhibition with America. The Galleries are located in Manhattan accompanying screenings. Campaign at 62 Fifth Avenue and are open to the public on commercials from every presidential election Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday; since 1952 will be shown, and the exhibition will Thursday is reserved for group tours. Also on trace the evolution of political advertising from exhibit is Winning the White House: Campaign the simple "Eisenhower Answers America" ads of Memorabilia from the FORBES Magazine 1952 to Ronald Reagan's "Morning In America" Collection. This exhibition vividly recalls the ads of 1984 to the blistering attack ads of the hoopla of election years gone by, including 1988 campaign. Also included will be vintage posters, buttons, songsheets and screenings of significant television broadcasts photographs. This show is on view at the Vista from each campaign, every televised presidential Hotel, 3 World Trade Center, from July 3 through and vice-presidential debate, election eve July 31. Tel. (212) 206-5548. specials and biographical films. AMMI, located in Queens on 35th Avenue at 36 Street, is open 7) The Schomburg Center for Research In Tuesday through Friday from Noon until 4:00 PM Black Culture presents an exhibition on African­ and Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 6:00 PM . American political history and the influence of Tel. (718) 784-0077. black history and race as an on American politics. Four thematic areas will be explored: 4) The Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum Black Involvement in Politics; Blacks and the presents an exhibit entitled, "FDR: Commander Republican Party: The Civil War to 1932; Blacks In Chief," in cooperation with the Franklin and and the Democratic Party: 1932 to the Present; Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. This exhibit focuses and Independent Black Political Movements. The on FDR's enormous appeal and his perceptions exhibition opens on July 11, 1992 and will as an astute politician. It includes a biographical remain on display through November 4, 1992. outline of Roosevelt's dynamic leadership during The Schomburg Center, located at 515 Malcolm World War II. The exhibit contains rare X Boulevard in Manhattan, is open from Noon photographs and original documents and opens until 6:00 PM on Mondays, Tuesdays, on July 9 and run through the Summer. The Wednesdays and Fridays . On Saturday, the Museum, located on Pier 86 at 12th Avenue and Museum is open from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM, 46th Street in Manhattan will be open every day and from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Sundays. It is during the Summer. Tel. (212) 245-0072. closed on Thursdays. Tel. (212) 491-2200.

5) The Children's Museum of Manhattan 8) The Museum of Modern Art will present a welcomes Convention delegates and members of series of political films first screened at the the media to visit free of charge (with proper Cannes Film Festival and an exhibition by identification), throughout the convention. What Stephen Kroninger using photocollage as a would you do if you were President? This is one medium for political satire. During the of the many questions to be asked of children Convention period (July 9-16) the series will visiting the Children's Museum of Manhattan celebrate films containing social and political during the day's leading to, and during the 1992 commentary, including Milos Forman's The Democratic National Convention. As part of a Fireman's Ball and Costa-Gavras's Z. The special video, entitled KIDS AND POLITICS, Stephen Kroninger exhibit opens on July 2 and children will have the opportunity to express their will remain on display through August 9. MOMA views on issues confronting them today, and how is located at 11 West 53 Street between 5th and they would like America to be in the future. 6th Avenues. For the film schedule and other CMOM, located on 212 West 83rd Street, is information, please call (212) 708-9400. open every day except Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM . Tel. (212) 721-1223. 9) The New York Hlstorlcal Society presents an exhibition entitled Party Time: Presidential 6) The FORBES Magazine Galleries presents, Campaigns Since 1832. The show traces the " ... And If Elected: Presidential Politics and evolution of campaign marketing tactics over 160 Personalities on Paper." The exhibition features years through a wide ranging, often humorous,

18 19 assortment of campaign memorabilia. Featuring Notes traditional examples of campaign paraphernalia including buttons, bumper stickers, caricatures, and matchbooks as well as more novel objects such as clothing, lamps and walking sticks, the exhibit runs from June 23 - October 4, 1992. The Historical Society is located at 170 Central Park West in Manhattan, and is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays , Fridays and Sundays from 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM and on Thursdays from 11:00 AM until 8:00 PM. Admission is free to Convention delegates and their families. There will be special tours of the exhibits on Wednesday afternoon, July 15.- Tel. (212) 873-3400.

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