Upcoming Programs

Please join us on Tuesday, March 11 at 6pm ET for a book talk by PAULINA BREN, award-winning historian and professor, who will discuss her new book, She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street. Starting in the swinging sixties, when “No Ladies” signs hung across the doors of its luncheon clubs and, more discreetly, inside the brokerage houses and investment banks, Bren tells the story of how women infiltrated Wall Street.

The Museum’s director, Carol Willis, will offer a gallery tour of The Modern Concrete Skyscraper, which examines the hidden history of concrete in tall buildings. This exhibition reveals why, today, almost all skyscrapers are built of concrete, not steel. Curator’s tours are FREE, but you must book a timed ticket at 3pm on Ticketstripe, through the RSVP button.

In his new book Designing the American Century, Thomas J. Campanella argues that Gilmore D. Clarke and Michael Rapuano were the foremost spatial designers at work in the mid-20th century. Their vast portfolio of public landscapes propelled the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux into the motor age, touching the lives of millions and changing the face of the nation. With the patronage of public-works titan Robert Moses, Clarke and Rapuano transformed New York over a span of fifty years.