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Professor of Art History
Ph.D. 1978 (Art History), Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Research Interests:

Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art and architecture; New York City architecture.

Affiliations:

Commissioner, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1987-1996, and Commission Vice Chairman, 1993-1996; Society of Architectural Historians; College Art Association; Columbia University Seminar on the City.

Fellowships/Honors:

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship; American Association of University Women Pre-doctoral Fellowship; National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship; American council of Learned Societies Fellowship; New York University, Golden Dozen Award for Excellence in Teaching; American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award, 1997; Victorian Society in America Book Award, 1997; Lucy G. Moses Award for Preservation Leadership, New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1997; Designation as a Centennial Historian of the City of New York by the Mayor, 1999; Metropolitan Chapter, Victorian Society in America Book Exhibition Awards, 1999.

Selected Works:

George B. Post, Architect: Picturesque Designer and Determined Realist. New York: Monacelli Press. 1998.
Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865-1913, with C.W. Condit. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1996.
The Grand American Avenue, 1850 to 1920, eds. with J. Cigliano, Washington, D.C.: American Architectural Foundation. 1994.
"Greek and Gothic Side by Side: Architecture in the Village," eds. L.C. Berlowitz and R. Beard. In Greenwich Village: Culture and Counter-Culture. Rutgers University Press with Museum of the City of New York. 1993.
P.B. Wight: Architect, Contractor, and Critic 1838-1925. Art Institute of Chicago. 1981.
Edward T. and Willian A. Potter, American Victorian Architects. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc. 1979.
"George B. Post: Great American Architect," exhibition. Curator, The New-York Historical Society. Oct. 10, 1998-Feb. 14, 1999.

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