The Municipal Art Society today named David M. Childs, the chairman and design partner of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the architectural firm, as its new chairman succeeding Philip K. Howard, who will assume the role of chairman emeritus.
Mr. Childs is the designer of the World Wide Plaza on Eighth Avenue at 50th Street, the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, the World Trade Center Freedom Tower now under construction and the planned expansion of Pennsylvania Station at the former Farley Post Office Building in west midtown.
Last month, the society, one of the city's leading civic organizations involved with urban planning and historic preservation, named Vin Cipolla to succeed Kent Barwick as president. Mr. Cipolla was formerly president and chief executive officer of the National Park Foundation and was formerly executive vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He is also former chairman of the board of trustees of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
In 2007 Mr. Barwick announced his intention to step down at the end of 2008. After a one-year sabbatical, he will return to MAS as President Emeritus. Mr. Barwick, a leading authority on planning and preservation, has had a long association with MAS, working with the organization three times. He served as Executive Director from 1969 to 1975, as President from 1983 to 1995, and returned as President from 1999 until the present. Mr. Barwick also was President of the New York State Historical Association, Chairman of New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission, and Director of the New York State Council on the Arts.
Mr. Howard, a partner with the law firm of Covington & Burling, is the author of "Life Without Lawyers," "The Death of Common Sense" and "The Collapse of the Common Good."
The Municipal Art Society was founded in 1893 and was instrumental in the creation of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission and the preservation of Grand Central Terminal.
Mr. Childs is the designer of the World Wide Plaza on Eighth Avenue at 50th Street, the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, the World Trade Center Freedom Tower now under construction and the planned expansion of Pennsylvania Station at the former Farley Post Office Building in west midtown.
Last month, the society, one of the city's leading civic organizations involved with urban planning and historic preservation, named Vin Cipolla to succeed Kent Barwick as president. Mr. Cipolla was formerly president and chief executive officer of the National Park Foundation and was formerly executive vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He is also former chairman of the board of trustees of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
In 2007 Mr. Barwick announced his intention to step down at the end of 2008. After a one-year sabbatical, he will return to MAS as President Emeritus. Mr. Barwick, a leading authority on planning and preservation, has had a long association with MAS, working with the organization three times. He served as Executive Director from 1969 to 1975, as President from 1983 to 1995, and returned as President from 1999 until the present. Mr. Barwick also was President of the New York State Historical Association, Chairman of New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission, and Director of the New York State Council on the Arts.
Mr. Howard, a partner with the law firm of Covington & Burling, is the author of "Life Without Lawyers," "The Death of Common Sense" and "The Collapse of the Common Good."
The Municipal Art Society was founded in 1893 and was instrumental in the creation of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission and the preservation of Grand Central Terminal.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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