From The Desk Of Yonkers Roundup Reporter Brian Harrod: YONKERS ROUNDUP: The Architecture of Untermyer Gardens With Stephen F. Byrns.

 

From The Desk Of Yonkers Roundup Reporter Brian Harrod..... YONKERS ROUNDUP: The Architecture of Untermyer Gardens With Stephen F. Byrns PHOTO: For $25.00 you can walk the gardens with Untermyer Gardens Conservancy President Stephen F. Byrns at 11AM on April 24. Stephen F. Byrns YONKERS EVENT: Stephen F. Byrns is a graduate of Princeton and Columbia Universities, Byrns was a founding partner of BKSK Architects, Mr. Byrns lived in Yonkers in the 1990’s, when he discovered Untermyer Park and Gardens. He revisited it in 2010 when told that the fountains had been turned on after decades of disuse. The more he learned about Samuel Untermyer’s garden, the more he was convinced that a conservancy should be established to work with the City of Yonkers to restore the gardens. That process has been going on for more than a decade. Untermyer Gardens Conservancy is located at 945 North Broadway in Yonkers, NY 10701 and is a a non-profit organization. https://yonkersroundup.com/index.php/2021/04/06/the-architecture-of-untermyer-gardens-with-stephen-f-byrns-by-brian-harrod/