Gene Dauner and Stephen Blauweiss
Saturday, November 4th
474 Broadway, Kingston, NY
Doors at 5:30 pm. Talk at 6 pm.
On Saturday, November 4, please join us for a special gallery talk between “Lost Kingston” photographer Gene Dauner and the exhibition’s curator, Stephen Blauweiss. Together, they will present 100 of Dauner‘s fully restored, fantastic, rare images. Expect lots of great stories and history to be shared throughout the evening! This event will be live-streamed on CPW’s Youtube Page at 6 pm.
About the exhibition
During the late 1960s, many of Kingston’s most distinguished architectural landmarks were destroyed by the modernizing impulse of federally funded Urban Renewal projects. More than 500 hundred historic buildings in Rondout were demolished, and thousands of residents were displaced. Young photographer Gene Dauner took it upon himself to create a stunning documentary record of this destruction, shooting thousands of extraordinary color slides which include the Kingston Post Office, Trailways Bus Station, and dozens of other local structures that were later leveled. This exhibition is organized by Kingston historian and filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss, noted for his award-winning film Lost Rondout.
About Gene Dauner
Gene Dauner (b. 1944) is a Kingston native, and a highly skilled and self-taught amateur photographer He began recording the city’s architecture of Kingston in 1967, when much of it, especially in the Rondout, was being destroyed by urban renewal. Taking time from his father’s florist business and later from his work at the post office, Dauner made over 50,000 slides of Kingston and its environs. This is the first major exhibition of Dauner’s photography.
About Stephen Blauweiss
Stephen Blauweiss is an independent filmmaker, historian, and graphic designer. He specializes in topics related to the art and history of the Hudson Valley, but his work covers wide variety of subjects, from art and education to social and environmental issues. He has produced over 75 short films, including three features. Blauweiss and his partner Karen Berelowitz have published two books The Life & Death of the Kingston Post Office (2018) and The Story of Historic Kingston (2022). He co-produced and co-directed the 2016 documentary Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal.
Banner image: Looking down lower Broadway from just above Abeel Street, Rondout, 1967.