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3 unusual facts about Municipal Art Society


Municipal Art Society

In June 2007, MAS released with the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance a new documentary about the future of the New York waterfront titled City of Water.

Stephen Swid

Stephen Swid is an active supporter of the arts and education and currently serves as a Director of The Municipal Art Society of New York.

Vin Cipolla

Cipolla joined the Board of the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) in 2008, accepting the role as President in early 2009.


Doris Freedman

Freedman served as New York City's first Director of Cultural Affairs during the Lindsay Administration, and as President of the Municipal Art Society.

John Tauranac

Tauranac wrote the guidebooks for the Culture Bus Loops operated by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority as a freelance project for the Municipal Art Society (1973, 1974), whereupon he was hired by the MTA to write and edit “Seeing New York: The Official MTA Travel Guide,” which included a depiction of the subway in a geographic light (1976).


see also

Phillip Lopate

His anthology Writing New York received an honorable mention from the Municipal Art Society's Brendan Gill Award, and a citation from the New York Society Library.