November 2005 - Manhattan Society.com

Manhattan Society Report
from Christopher
London and Gregory
Partanio
September Blur...much
ado about cocktails
SEASONS CHANGE...
gradually. As a summer
of revelry and fundraising
in the Hamptons came
to an end it was briefly
all quiet on the Eastern
Front. In the blink of
an eye, however, New
York City was very much
in full gear for the Fall
benefit season. This year,
however, Hurricane
Katrina’s destruction
of a vast section of the
southeastern United
States, in and around
New Orleans, Louisiana
resulted in the alteration
of plans for many in the
fundraising community.
Scheduled fundraisers
for certain worthwhile
charitable organizations
shifted their focus to
raise funds for victims
of Hurricane Katrina. A
national tragedy became
a local priority. New
Yorkers from all walks
of life and not just the
corridors of power and
privilege seemingly got
involved in one way or
another with assisting in
the relief effort.
At the D&D Building’s
40th Anniversary Lenox
Hill Neighborhood House
Benefit Celebration, guest
of honour was Mayor
Michael Bloomberg.
declared September 13th
D&D Day to Celebrate
the 40th Anniversary of
NYC’s Famous Decoration
and Design Building
which had undergone
a face-lift. Bernardaud
held a cocktail reception
for donors and Benefit
Committee of the
Princess Grace Awards
Gala, Tuesday’s Children
held their 3rd Annual
Toast of New York Benefit
honoring Rudolph W.
Giuliani and the New
York Mets Organization
for support to 9/11
families at Cipriani in
Manhattan; and the late
media mogul Malcolm
Forbes’ daughter Moira
Forbes Mumma along
with co-chairs Chad
Burkhardt, Christopher
London, and Allison
Weiss welcomed guests
to the Forbes Magazine
Galleries for benefit
auction and cocktail
party hosted by New
York Tomorrow’s Leaders
for the Coalition and
the victims of Hurricane
Katrina. The event
raised $25,000 for The
Community Coalition
and an anonymous
donor gave additional
$10,000 to the victims of
Hurricane Katrina.
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Tuesday’s Children 3rd
Annual Toast of New
York Benefit honoring
Rudolph W. Giuliani
and the New York
Mets Organization
for support to 9/11
families at Cipriani in
Manhattan
Right: Mayor
Rudolph W. Giuliani
and Judith S. Giuliani
York City Concours
d’Elegance Launch
Party at Salvatore
Ferragamo on Fifth
Avenue
Left: Mark Langrish and
Tracy Paul
Right: Massimo
Ferragamo, Karen and
Barry Kieselstein-Cord
Above: Shawn Modell,
Christiaan McPherson
and Zoe Alexander
Above: Kenneth
Podziba, Keiko Aoki
and Rocky H. Aoki
(Founder of Benihana
of Tokyo)
Left: Eric Villency and
Elizabeth Loomis
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New York
Philharmonic
Orchestra Opening
Night Gala at Avery
Fisher Hall
Right: Karen and
Richard LeFrak
Below: Chappy Morris
and Melissa Stanley
Intermix Store
Opening in Soho
Right: Laura Wells, Gigi
Stone, Susan Shin and
Sessa von Richtofen
Below right: Fabian
Basabe, Martina
Borgomanero Basabe
(heir to the La Perla
Fortune):
Below: Coralie Charriol
Paul and Emilia Fanjul
Pfeifler
Grand Opening of
the Sara Tecchia
Roma-New York
Gallery and Opening
exhibition of Water
Flames by Makoto
Fujimura
Below: Sara Tecchia
and Makoto Fujimura
D&D Building 40th
Anniversary Lenox
Hill Neighborhood
House Benefit
Left: Clo
Cohen, Charles S.
Cohen and Audrey
Gruss
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New York
Tomorrow’s
Leaders Host
the Most Unique
Auction & Cocktail
Party at Forbes
Galleries to Benefit
the Community
Coalition & Victims
of Hurricane Katrina
Top left: Roberta
Forbes Warren, Moira
Forbes, Sabina Forbes,
and Catherine I. Forbes
Left: Joe Watkins and
Kathleen Giordano
Below left: Event CoChairs: Chad Burkhardt,
Allison Weiss and
Christopher London
with Moira Forbes
Mumma, President
of the Community
Coalition
Below: Allison Brahan
& Laura Essey
Princess Grace
Awards Reception at
Bernardaud
Above: Gala Co- Chairs
Sylvester and Gillian
Miniter with Anne Hearst
Left: Maguy Maccario
Doyle (Consul General
of Monaco) and Cynthia
DiBartolo
Below: John F. Lehman
and Sandra Kelly (widow
of Princess Grace’s
brother, John)
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