Nina Rappaport, guest-curator and architectural historian, opened the series with a gallery tour and discussion of the impetus behind VUF and the state of manufacturing in cities. Rappaport is the Publications Director at the Yale School of Architecture, author of Support and Resist: Structural Engineers and Design Innovation (Monacelli Press 2007), and an adjunct professor in the Syracuse in NYC program.
Participating Programs
The Future of Urban Manufacturing
Greening the Glass Box: Preserving Midtown Modernism
Saving Modernism in Midtown