Lecture on New York's Central Park at Holy Cross

There will be a lecture by Professor Roy Rosenzweig on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. in Suite C of the Hogan Campus Center. The lecture, titled "The Park and the People," is free and open to the public.

Rosenzweig will be speaking about his newest book, "The Park and the People," co-authored with Betsy Blackmar. It is about the people of Central Park in New York: "the merchants and landowners who launched the project; the immigrant and African-American residents who were displaced by the park; the politicians, gentlemen, and artists who disputed its design and operation; the German gardeners, Irish laborers, and Yankee engineers who built it; and the generations of New Yorkers for whom Central Park was their only backyard" (Kirkus Reviews).

Professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Rosenzweig is author of "Eight Hours for What We Will," a book about working-class culture in Worcester. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University, and is among the Organization of American Historians "distinguished lecturers" this year.

This is the third in the series of Higgins' lectures, sponsored by the Rev. George Higgins, S.J., and James Higgins '59 Lecture Fund and the department of history.