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New York City Design Organizations Launch the Public Design Alliance
June 26, 2025
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Nominations Open for 2025 Brendan Gill Prize
December 13, 2024
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Elizabeth Goldstein, President of MAS, Announces Retirement
November 27, 2024
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Statement on DOT’s BQE Vision
October 15, 2024
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“Just Above Midtown” Wins the 2024 Brendan Gill Prize
September 24, 2024
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Municipal Art Society announces 2024 MASterworks Awards Winners
September 9, 2024
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Open Call for 2024 MASterworks Design Awards
June 5, 2024
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Municipal Art Society announces 2023 MASterworks Awards winners
September 28, 2023
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Charles Gaines Wins 2023 Brendan Gill Prize
August 29, 2023
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Regarding ASTM’s Plan for “A New Penn Station”
June 28, 2023
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MAS & RPA Launch Project on City’s Environmental Review Process
March 23, 2023
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“New New York” Plan Calls for a Director of the Public Realm
December 14, 2022
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Four Extraordinary New Yorkers Received the 2022 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal
November 10, 2022
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“In the Wake,” a Group Exhibition, is Now Online
October 28, 2022
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Six New Projects to be Honored with MASterworks Awards
October 17, 2022
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“How To with John Wilson” Wins the 2021 Brendan Gill Prize
September 7, 2022
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Jane’s Walk NYC Coming May 6–8
April 25, 2022
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MAS Releases Outline for a Deputy Mayor for Placemaking and the Public Realm
January 10, 2022
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MAS Outlines Path Forward for Comprehensive Planning in NYC
December 16, 2021
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Fight for Light Campaign Releases New Policy Brief
May 18, 2021
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Shaping a Better NYC: An Election Primer
May 11, 2021
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Jane’s “Walk” 2021 Coming May 3–9
April 22, 2021
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Regarding Calls to Remove Funding for Penn Station from the State Budget
April 1, 2021
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MAS & Brooklyn Botanic Garden Urge City Planning not to Certify 960 Franklin
February 1, 2021
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“Open for Business: The Art of the Storefront” Is Now Open
November 24, 2020
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Giles Ashford’s “City without People” is Now Open
September 16, 2020
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Civic Groups Call for a Director of the Public Realm
August 19, 2020
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Next Week: Jane’s Walk NYC (from Home!)
April 23, 2020
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Aerial illustration of the gerrymandered zoning lot and proposed tower at 200 Amsterdam Avenue
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We Won: Court Orders 200 Amsterdam Tower to Remove Floors
February 15, 2020
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Civic Groups Launch “Fight for Light” Campaign with New Report
October 28, 2019
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