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GANYC (Guides Association of New York City) was founded in 1974 and is a professional trade association or latter day guild, whose, members are all licensed New York City tour guides (New York City tour guide licenses are issued by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York City Department of Consumer Affairs - Sightseeing Guide License )〕 with some approved industry member partners. It is one of the oldest tour guide associations in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GANYC - Guides Association of New York City | AnyRoad )〕 The organization has also acted as an aid in finding government assistance for its constituents. About one such noteworthy instance following the events of September 11, 2001, member Harry Matthews stated in relating how an organization official reached out ....." She gave guides explicit instructions at association meetings and through GANYC’s newsletter, Guidelines, enabling many to receive invaluable funds"'.... In the same article the author goes on to relate that....""According to the newsletter (Guidelines), having a business address in the southern region of Manhattan was originally required for assistance, but many independent guides like Mr. Matthews learned through GANYC how to argue that, while their address wasn’t on the streets of Lower Manhattan, their business was".... 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=(Page 15 of 20) - Finding Meaning Off and On the Sidewalk: Walking tour guides and their untidy careers authored by Wynn, Jonathan. )〕 The organization publishes the aforementioned newsletter "Guidelines" of which Dave Gardner is presently the editor-in-Chief. The Guides association of New York City's current President is Matthew Baker. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Get Real: The Toast(er) of the Town )〕 On March 2, 2015 first GANYC "Apple Awards" ceremony was held at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to honor the best in New York City culture, preservation and tourism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2015 GANYC Awards Ceremony – Heyevent.com )〕 At this event among the nominees and recipients, the artist James Turrell was honored with a lifetime achievement award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An awards show for New York City preservation, history and tourism - The Bowery Boys: New York City History )〕 Other awards at the gala which were given to individuals and organizations as chosen from groups of nominees were; tour guide Justin Ferate (New York City Walking Tours), the Friends of the High Line, Christopher Gray and his Streetscapes column for the New York Times, William Helmreich and his book "The New York Nobody Knows: 6,000 Miles In The City", The Museum of the City of New York‘s exhibition Palaces For the People: Guastavino and the Art of Structural tile", Kathleen O’Connor from the New York Historical Society, Russ & Daughters, the Lower East Side appetizing shop celebrating its 100 years of business in 2014 and Kevin Walsh and the website he founded "Forgotten NY".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bowery Boys Archives - The Bowery Boys: New York City History )〕 The award ceremony was held just three days following the passing of the namesake and principal benefactor of the theater in which it was held, Mr. Nimoy. Therefore it was fitting that one of the presenters Ethel Sheffer, the widow of Isiah Sheffer at whose production, Selected Shorts the famed portrayer of Star Trek first officer and Vulcan, Spock would often appear in at the theater would in turn pay tribute to him at this gala also held at the venue.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leonard Nimoy Archives - The Bowery Boys: New York City History )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GANYC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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