The Municipal Art Society of New York

Join us on Monday, September 30 for a night of celebration and conversation to honor the 2024 Brendan Gill Prize awardees: curator Thomas Lax and artist Linda Goode Bryant for their exhibition, Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces. The 2023 Museum of Modern Art exhibition brought greater attention and recognition to Linda Good Bryant’s art gallery and self-described laboratory, Just Above Midtown (JAM), a space that fostered the creativity and careers of African American artists and artists of color in the 70s and 80s. The exhibition presented artists and artworks previously shown at JAM in a wide range of mediums, and archival material and artist interventions contextualized the experimental ethos that defined the gallery. The celebration of this year’s honorees will take place at The Museum of Modern Art. As part of the festivities, Thomas Lax, Linda Goode Bryant, and members of the Brendan Gill Prize Jury will participate in an engaging conversation about the exhibition. Complimentary refreshments and light bites will be served. Learn more about this year's honorees and purchase tickets to the ceremony here: https://lnkd.in/eG-NkYph #newyorkcity #nycart #MoMA #newyorkculture #modernart

Join us this weekend for an MAS tour! New York City’s oldest walking tour program, since 1956   Saturday 9/7 “Millionaires’ (Half-) Mile”: This concentrated look at the East 60s with architectural historian Matt Postal examines some of Manhattan’s most opulent residences, including the homes of Vanderbilts, Astors, Rockefellers, and Warhol. Highlights include Beaux Arts-style mansions and townhouses designed by Warren & Wetmore and Heins & Lafarge, as well as luxury apartment houses and private clubs.   Sunday 9/8 "Riverside Drive, Part 2": Serpentining up the western coast of Manhattan, Riverside Drive has more than just sweeping views of the Hudson River and the Palisades. We will visit numerous centers for religious education, former mansions for New York’s most powerful residents, private homes that became consulates, and a memorial to a former First Lady. While passing through multiple historic districts you will view William Randolph Hearst’s former residence, gaze at Riverside Park, the setting for the final Seinfeld episode, a home multiple Broadway stars have owned, and discover a park named after a French heroine.   🔗 Learn more about MAS Tours, view the calendar, and buy tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eyeHd3yf   🏙️ Led by expert guides with deep knowledge and passion for architecture, art, urban history, preservation, neighborhoods, and street life. #tours #history #newyorkcity #nychistory #tourguide

MAS is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 MASterworks Awards! These awards annually commemorate excellence in architecture and urban design across New York City. From a new library to a renovated nature center, The 2024 awards honor exceptional projects that were completed in 2023. This year's winners are as follows: Far Rockaway Library wins Best New Building (Project Team: Snøhetta and NYC Department of Design and Construction) Shore Front Parkway Beach 98th Playground wins Best Urban Landscape (Project Team: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation) 550 Madison wins Best Restoration (Project Team: Adamson Associates Architects, Snøhetta, Gensler, and Rockwell Group) Adaptive Reuse of Pier 57 wins Best Adaptive Reuse (Project Team: Handel Architects and HIGGINS QUASEBARTH & PARTNERS LLC) East Midtown Greenway and Andrew Haswell Green Park Phase 2B wins Best New Infrastructure (Project Team: NYC Economic Development Corporation, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, and Stantec) Bronx Point wins Best New Urban Amenity (Project Team: Marvel , NYC EDC, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, Abel Bainnson Butz, LLP, Type A Projects LLC, and L+M Development Partners LLC) Inwood Hill Nature Center Post-Sandy Reconstruction wins Best Environmental Innovation (Project Team: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. To celebrate these contributions to the public realm, throughout October MAS will host a program series of in-person explorations and virtual conversations to explore the winning projects. These events will be presented in collaboration with the winning project team. RSVP for this year's explorations here: www.mas.org/events. More events to be announced! As MAS President Elizabeth Goldstein said, "each of these remarkable projects exemplifies the innovation, resilience, and creativity that make New York City’s public realm truly exceptional.” Congratulations to this year's incredible honorees! #architecture #design #publicrealm #newyorkcity #urbandesign

Join us this weekend for an MAS tour! New York City’s oldest walking tour program, since 1956   Saturday 9/7 “Millionaires’ (Half-) Mile”: This concentrated look at the East 60s with architectural historian Matt Postal examines some of Manhattan’s most opulent residences, including the homes of Vanderbilts, Astors, Rockefellers, and Warhol. Highlights include Beaux Arts-style mansions and townhouses designed by Warren & Wetmore and Heins & Lafarge, as well as luxury apartment houses and private clubs.   Sunday 9/8 "Riverside Drive, Part 2": Serpentining up the western coast of Manhattan, Riverside Drive has more than just sweeping views of the Hudson River and the Palisades. We will visit numerous centers for religious education, former mansions for New York’s most powerful residents, private homes that became consulates, and a memorial to a former First Lady. While passing through multiple historic districts you will view William Randolph Hearst’s former residence, gaze at Riverside Park, the setting for the final Seinfeld episode, a home multiple Broadway stars have owned, and discover a park named after a French heroine.   🔗 Learn more about MAS Tours, view the calendar, and buy tickets here: https://lnkd.in/eyeHd3yf   🏙️ Led by expert guides with deep knowledge and passion for architecture, art, urban history, preservation, neighborhoods, and street life.   #newyorkcity #history #storytelling #tours #nychistory #tourguide

We're hiring! MAS seeks a full-time two-year Community Partnerships Fellow to help advance our Enduring Culture initiative.    The ideal candidate will have experience working with diverse community groups across New York City and have a general understanding of policy issues surrounding the preservation of historic places, community culture, and neighborhood character. MAS seeks candidates who are passionate about addressing systemic issues and working toward solutions for a more equitable, resilient, and culturally vibrant New York City.   Deadline to apply: Friday, September 13th.    Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dbgExHf   MAS’ Enduring Culture initiative aims to develop an expanded and multivocal historic preservation vision for New York City, where intangible heritage and places that contribute to a neighborhood’s history and culture are protected and celebrated. Photo: Asad Dandia leading "Remembering Little Syria: The First Arab Americans" at Jane's Walk NYC 2024. Credit: Cameron Blaylock. #fellowships #advocacy #nonprofits #newyorkcity #nycjobs

Join us on Friday, September 20th in Jackson Heights, Queens at The World’s Borough Bookshop from 5:30-7:30 PM for an Enduring Culture Happy Hour; bringing together community leaders to discuss how culture manifests in many ways throughout the neighborhood, including through knowledge sharing and public space activation. Speakers include Adrian Cepeda, owner of the World's Borough Bookshop, Sunny Hendre, market manager at Corona Plaza, and Jim Burke, co-founder of the 34th Avenue Open Street Coalition. Refreshments and light bites will be provided. Learn more and RSVP for free here: https://lnkd.in/ejYC5vK6 #enduringculture #advocacy #newyorkcity #bookstores #community

Recently, MAS provided comments on the City’s wide-sweeping City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning text amendment to the City Planning Commission. MAS supports the proposal’s overall goal of creating opportunities for new housing through incremental citywide zoning changes promoting transit-oriented development, residential growth in commercial corridors, the construction of accessory dwelling units in low-density residential districts, office-to-residential conversions throughout the city, and the removal of parking mandates for new development. However, MAS acknowledges that zoning itself is not the panacea for the city’s housing crisis and urged the City to incorporate more property owner incentives and practical comprehensive planning approaches into the proposal to ensure the production of more affordable housing. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gfiSqBTC #housing #newyorkcity #policy #zoning #advocacy

Apply for our Enduring Culture Community Partnerships Fellowship! Deadline is Friday, September 13th. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gy3YvSXA

Need weekend plans? Join us for an MAS tour! New York City’s oldest walking tour program, since 1956   Saturday 8/24 “Arthur Avenue – Little Italy of the Bronx”: [In-person tour] Residents of the Italian-American neighborhoods along Arthur Avenue are the guardians of what some would call New York’s “real Little Italy.” Home to Doo-Wop music and authentic Italian restaurants and shops, many of the area’s businesses has have been family owned and operated for generations. Join guide Alexandra Maruri as we explore the history of this vibrant Bronx neighborhood.   Sunday 8/25 “Art & Language – Jenny Holzer in Context”: [Virtual tour] Since the 1970s Holzer has chosen language as her main medium of art, working with a variety of supports including paper and bronze, stone and LED etc. to get her messages across, addressing issues of power, military conflict, feminism and more, preferably in the public realm. The Guggenheim Museum is presenting her work in an immersive installation this summer and we will explore this exhibition, as well as the artist’s public works in NYC, and other contemporary artists who explore language and words as their medium. Much food for thought and a feast for the eyes!   🔗 Learn more about MAS Tours, view the calendar, and buy tickets here: https://lnkd.in/egHSsB-d   🏙️ Led by expert guides with deep knowledge and passion for architecture, art, urban history, preservation, neighborhoods, and street life. #tours #storytelling #history #bronxhistory #jennyholzer #walkingtours

Yesterday, Mayor Eric Adams issued executive order 43 requiring city agencies to review their city-owned and controlled land for potential housing development sites. Earlier this year, MAS updated our Public Assets Map, originally published as a series alongside our 2016 Public Assets: City-Owned and Leased Assets report. The dataset lists all properties that are owned or leased by the City of New York and reveals that the properties owned by the City of New York occupy over 44,000 acres of land, comparable to the size of Brooklyn. Currently, a quarter of those sites are at least partially not in use by the overseeing agencies. Mapping this data allows planners, elected officials, and the public to consider ways to address certain land use challenges and identify opportunities for community services, including new open space. You can view the map here: https://lnkd.in/ehEZkUv5 #opendata #cityplanning #nyc #housing