Matthew Bender IV Fall Lecture: 48 Hudson Avenue and the Stories it Tells

Hear from the experts closest to the building on what stories 48 Hudson has told to help guide the restoration project.

This annual lecture series, in its third year, takes place each October, when we invite speakers on a regional or national level to present on varying topics on current topics in the preservation, architecture and advocacy fields. This lecture is named in memory of Matthew Bender IV, HAF’s first board president and long-term supporter.

This year’s lecture topic will be the Van Ostrande-Radliff House at 48 Hudson Avenue, the oldest building remaining in Albany. We will welcome Michael Lynch, retired architect, and former director at the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to give an overview of this building’s context locally, nationally and internationally. The lecture will also include a panel of experts speaking on who lived and worked in the building and the clues that led to many discoveries of the building’s appearance.

Michael Lunch will give a 30,000 foot overview giving context to 48 Hudson and why it's important. Michael will be referencing 48 as a "witness building" having seen nearly 300 years of Albany history and cityscape come and go around it, as well as referencing the children's book, The Little House.

Panelists will include HAF's Cara Macri discussing the people of 48 Hudson, who lived and worked there. Project architect, Matt Scheidt, will talk about the discoveries that the building has helped us make. There will be time for attendees to ask questions at the end of the program.

HAF Members and Lecture sponsors are invited to join the speakers at a reception at 1:00 pm