Saturday, November 1, 2008

FLORIDA ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN TO JOIN NOVEMBER 7 FORUM ON LANDMARKING

October 28, 2008
Palm Beach, Florida
The Palm Beach Theater

Guild, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the John L. Volk Foundation, hosts of the November 7 forum on landmarking of the Royal Poinciana Plaza and Playhouse, are pleased to announce that architectural historian Bonnie Dearborn will join the panel of experts.

Dearborn worked directly with the State of Florida in Historic Preservation for approximately 11 years as administrator of the South Florida Regional Preservation Office of the Division of Historic Resources. She continues her preservation consulting work for the state through her own firm Dearborn Preservation Research, Inc. in Boca Raton.

The panel will be moderated by former Vice President for Films of Lifetime Cable, Paul R. Noble. Other members of the panel will include Karen Nickless, Director of the Southeast Field Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, John Ripley, Executive Director, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, R. Douglas Hulse, Trustee and Treasurer of the Palm Beach Theater Guild, Tim Frank, long time town planner for the City of Palm Beach, who recently retired.

The forum, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 4PM at Nick & Johnnie’s Restaurant on Royal Poinciana Way and North County Road in Palm Beach.

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CONTACT:
Patrick Henry Flynn, President
Palm Beach Theater Guild, Inc.
POB 667, Palm Beach, FL 33480
T. 561 366-8980; F. 561 833-6865
http://www.pbtheaterguild.org/

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