Press Releases
Recent Press Releases
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2011
MAS Survey on Livability in New York City, October 2011 
MAS 2011 Livable City Awards Recognize Five Innovative Organizations That Have Made New York A Better Place to Live, October 2011
The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) presents Its 2nd Annual Conference on NYC’s Livability–2011 MAS Summit for New York City, September 2011
MAS Prepares for Tribute in Light on Tenth Anniversary of 9/11, August 2011
New Yorkers Take to the Streets, May 2011
Municipal Art Society of New York Launches Energy Demonstration Project, April 13, 2011
Municipal Art Society of New York Honors Diane von Furstenberg at Annual Gala on April 28, March, 2011
Wireless City: Can All New Yorkers Get Connected? Municipal Art Society Announces March 8 Panel, March 1, 2011
Municipal Art Society To Award Brendan Gill Prize to Brooklyn Bridge Park Landscape Architect Michael Van Valkenburgh, January 26, 2011
2010
MAS Announces 2010 MASterworks Awards Winners, May 12, 2010
“Livable Neighborhoods Program” Gives Community Advocates Tools for Local Planning, April 2010
World-Renowned Designer Yeohlee Teng Joins Municipal Art Society Board, March 29, 2010
MAS Announces April 2010 Event Schedule, March 16, 2010
2010 MASterworks Awards Call for Entries with Two New Award Categories, February 3, 2010
2009
Shop Online During MAS Bookstore’s Temporary Hiatus, November 24, 2009
MAS Announces Move to Landmark Steinway Hall Building 111 W. 57th Street, October 28, 2009
The 2009 Jane Jacobs Forum: Re-Imagining New York: Designing Urban Farms to Feed New York City, October 15, 2009
MAS Presents Exhibition on the Future of Cities, September 15, 2009
MAS Identifies New York’s Top 10 Summertime Spots, August 24, 2009
MAS Announces Winners of 2009 Annual Awards, July 13, 2009
Municipal Art Society Supports City Council’s Coney Island Goals, July 1, 2009
MAS Announces Eighth Annual MASterwork Award Winners, June 4, 2009
MAS Statement on Admirals’ Row Compromise, May 27, 2009
MAS Announces June Public Tours & Book Events, May 15, 2009
Municipal Art Society Supports City’s Coney Island Goals: seeks expansion of outdoor amusements, opposes changes that would create 10,000sqf stores, May 6, 2009
Statement from Melissa Baldock for the Municipal Art Society on the Dock Street Development, DUMBO, Brooklyn, April 28, 2009
Vin Cipolla, President of the Municipal Art Society on Ringling Brothers Circus in Coney Island, April 20, 2009
MAS Presents Panel Discussion On National Urban Policy, April 17, 2009
MAS Announces May 2009 Public Programs, April 10, 2009
Groups Reject Recently Proposed Changes to Coney Rezoning, Call for Land Sale to Proceed, April 1, 2009
Deputy Mayor Robert C. Lieber and Premier Rides, Inc., and President Jim Seay Launch the Coney Island Amusement Advisory Panel, MAS Also Joins Panel, April 1, 2009
MAS Announces April Public Programs, March 12, 2009
MAS Urges City to Support Manufacturing Industry, Area Jobs in Gowanus Canal Rezoning, March 10, 2009
David M. Childs Named Chairman of Municipal Art Society, February 23, 2009
MAS Extends Deadline for 2009 MASterwork Awards, February 10, 2009
ImagineConey Exhibit Offers Visions for Coney Island from Design Professionals and Public, January 26, 2009
Municipal Art Society Protests Bill to Allow Advertising on Sidewalk Sheds, January 26, 2009
MAS Releases Public Ideas for Coney Island, Outlines Steps to Successfull Revitalize Area January 14, 2009
2008
MAS Announces New Fall Programs: Panel Discussions On City’s Past, Present and Future, and New York City Trivia Night Among Highlights, September 2008
Rockefeller Foundation Honors Courageous Urban Activism
with 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal, September 8, 2008
MAS Calls on City to Bring Thor Equities and Astroland Back to Table, September 4, 2008
2007
Municipal Art Society Calls for Greater Public Voice in Moynihan Station Development, October 23, 2007
Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York Exhibit Explores Principles and Legacy of Neighborhood Activist, September 2007
Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York Features Exhibit, Panel Discussions and Community Interaction, Friday, September 7, 2007
Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York Panel Discussions Explore Direction of New York City Development, State of Civic Activism, September 2007
Poll Reveals Desire for Public Role in Moynihan Station, August 7, 2007
Kent Barwick to Step Down From MAS Presidency, July 25, 2007
Rockefeller Foundation’s Jane Jacobs Medal Winners Named , June 25, 2007
Groups Rally to Demand Diverse, Clean, Accessible East River Waterfront on East River Day, June 21, 2007
A Vision for Midtown’s East River Waterfront is Unveiled, June 10, 2007
Climate Change in New York: Designing and Building for What’s To Come program press release, Friday, June 8, 2007
Noted Architects to Create a Vision for Midtown’s East River Waterfront, June 7, 2007
Transformation of Coney Island is Subject of Upcoming Program press release, May 30, 2007
New Program Teaches Neighborhood Residents to Plan Their Communities, May 16, 2007
Fabrication, On Display, exhibit press release, May 10, 2007
Adaptive Reuse is Common Theme Among 2007 MASterwork Winners, May 9, 2007
Preservation Lobby Day 2007 press release, May 8, 2007
Elizabeth Yeampierre, Four Others, To Receive Community Planner Awards, April 18, 2007
Newly Independent Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Names Roland Lewis as President and CEO, April 10, 2007
Urban Center Books Announces April Programs, April 5, 2007
Staten Island’s Rich History is Focus of Remarks by Mike Wallace, April 3, 2007
Thousands Call on Governor to Change Atlantic Yards Project; Rally Planned, April 2, 2007
Redesigning the Edge: MWA and the One River Project exhibit press release, March 15, 2007
Urban Center Books Announces March Programs, March 6, 2007
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Award to Honor Activist, Author & Urbanist Jane Jacobs, February 9, 2007
Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina, program press release, Thursday, February 1, 2007
Atlantic Yards Documentary Film Brooklyn Matters to Screen at MAS, January 16, 2007
MASterwork Awards Jury Announced and Nominations Sought, January 10, 2007
Waterfront in Transition: Developing Brooklyn’s Green Crescent exhibit press release, January 5, 2007
2006
Architecture for Humanity New York’s Net Works exhibit press release, December 21, 2006
Statement of BrooklynSpeaks.net on State Approval of Atlantic Yards, December 20, 2006
Groups Call for Final Disclosure Before Final Atlantic Yards Vote, December 18, 2006
MAS Received $25,000 Grant for Staten Island Tour Series from Richmond County Savings Bank, December 12, 2006
Times Square Theatres: A New Century, A New Style exhibit press release, December 6, 2006
National Groups Join BrooklynSpeaks To Preserve Historic Brownstones, December 5, 2006
MAS Sues to Compel Historic Review at Brooklyn’s Ikea Site, November 21, 2006
Reconsidering Gordon Matta-Clark’s Fake Estates: Maps and Drawings by Martin Hogue exhibit press release, November 9, 2006
The New Street: Innovation at the Perimeter exhibit press release, November 1, 2006
Urban Center Books Announces November Program Calendar, October 19, 2006
MAS Calls on ESDC Not to Approve Atlantic Yards Plan in Current Form Urban Eyes: Projects from the Academy of Urban Planning exhibit press release, September 8, 2006
MAS Calls on ESDC Not to Approve Atlantic Yards Plan in Current Form, August 23, 2006
Making the Connection: Moving Forward with Regional Rail exhibit press release, August 17, 2006
Yonkers Power Station: Monumental Ruin on the Hudson exhibit press release, August 16, 2006
Lost in Transition: Williamsburg and Carroll Gardens exhibit press release, June 16, 2006
Caddell Dry Dock: 100 Years Harborside exhibit press release , June 16, 2006
Grand Army Plaza: Soldiers, Gods and Angels exhibit press release, May 31, 2006
Grand Central Portraits: People in a New Town Square exhibit press release, March 17, 2006
Bad Design Darts and Other Methods for Community-Led Improvement exhibit press release, February 2, 2006
Livable Streets: A New Vision for New York, January 20, 2006
