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On Wednesday May 4th, New York City’s socialites gathered together, dressed to the nines, for Central Park Conservancy’s annual Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon (better known as the “hat luncheon”). Each year, The Conservancy gathers together to raise money to fund the upkeep and beautification of Central Park.
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The Founder of Watson International, Antonia Watson, attended the star-studded event with many other influential women in New York. Martha Stewart, Karen LeFrak, and Princess Firyal of Jordan all made an appearance, just to name a few (1).
Despite the rainy May weather, the event had a great turnout and the Conservancy raised $3.9 million to assist with the maintenance and improvement of the park. Fred Shuman of Archstone Partners said he spends “a lot of time in California, and the crowd there would never turn out in such finery, and in such bad weather. This is what I love about New York, the show always goes on” (2).
Written by Kylie Keller
(1) WSJ
(2) Page Six
