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Oculus New York Chapter the American Institute of Architects OCULUS NEW YORK CHAPTER THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS RECORD VOTE ELECTS NEW NOMINATING COMMITTEE New York Chapter members, in a record-breaking vote turnout, elec­ ted a new five-member Nominating Committee whose task it will be to recommend a slate of candidates for election to the Executive Com­ mittee as well as the other elective Chapter posts. Elected to serve on the new N om­ inating Committee were : former Chapter Secretary C. Gates Beck­ with; George D. Brown Jr., Vice Chairman of the Housing Fees and Contracts Committee; Elisabeth Coit, F AJA and Secretary of the Left to right: Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Johnson, NYCHA Chairman Reid, Simon Breines and Brunner Scholarship Committee; Paul Friedberg. Edgar Tafel, Chairman of the Aesthetics Committee and recently CARVER HOUSES PLAZA: AWARDS AND ACCOLADE appointed as the Chapter's rep­ In mid-February, Lady Bird John­ and Breines and of landscape wiz­ sen ta ti ve to the Fine Arts son, in the company of not more ard M. Paul Friedberg received the Federation ; and former Chapter than a dozen people and all but City Club 1965 Award of Merit in President Frederick J . Woodbridge. unnoticed by the public, visited the Landscape Architecture and Urban Commenting on the large vote Carver Houses amphitheater and Design. return, Chapter Secretary Elliot plaza. A month later, on March 15, With funds provided by the Willensky gratefully acknowledged the design of architects Pomerance CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 the part played by the 451 Chapter members who returned their ballots in making this Nominating Com­ WAGNER'S PLANS FOR LOWER MANHATTAN PRAISED mittee election the most successful The New York Chapter applauded Wilson said: "You will recall that one in the Chapter's history. "The Mayor Robert F. Wagner for au­ the New York Chapter favors the number of ballots returned was al­ thorizing the "vital planning study" Lower Manhattan Crosstown Ex­ most twice the number usually of lower Manhattan and at the pressway, although our support for received. Regrettably two envelopes same time urged him to broaden its this vehicul•ar facility was made containing ballots were unsigned so scope. very strongly conditional on the that only 449 votes were tabulated," implementation by the city of over­ he said. Chapter President Wilson, said all area planning studies." He addej that the organization was "impres­ that the Mayor's study takes a Secretary Willensky also stated sed and encouraged" by the Mayor's that the large turnout of votes pro­ large step towards fulfilling one of announcement of a formal planning the Chapter's conditions. vided the newly elected members study for the area south of Canal with a clear mandate that they are Street. He expressed disappoint­ "We .urge you to amend and reflecting the views of a larger ment, however, that it "seems to broaden the directive for this vital proportion of Chapter members take no cognizance whatsoever planning study,'' the letter said, "to than previous Nominating Com­ of the Lower Manhattan Express­ include in its analysis not only the mittees. "As a result, their task is way." effects of the Expressway on lower that much more ·significant,'' Mr. Manhattan but the actual area it Willensky added. In a letter to the Mayor, Mr. will cover." 2 OCULUS FREDERICK G. FROST, JR. NAMED NEW CHPC HEAD VOL. 37 - Number 6 Frederick G. Frost, Jr., F.A.I.A. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS EXHIBITION PLANNED ON NEW YORK CHAPTER head of the architectural firm bear­ LANDMARK PRESERVATION MARGOT A. HENKEL, Executive Secretory ing his name and a member of the 115 East 40th Street New York Chapter A.I.A., has been New York, N. Y. 10016 elected president of the Citizens' MUrroy Hill 9-7969 Housing and Planning Council. PROJECTS WANTED WILLIAM D. WILSON ............•.....••....•..... President Richard Ravitch, HRH Construc­ DAVID F. M. TODD ........................ Vice President tion Corporation, was named vice ELLIOT WILLENSKY ................................ Secretory The New York Chapter of the president; Richard J. Scheuer of H. DICKSON McKENNA ........................ Treasurer American Institute of Architects the real estate firm of City & Sub­ BOARD OF EDITORS and The Municipal Art Society urban Homes, Inc., treasurer; and Charles E. Thomsen, Chairman & Editor are pl1anning a joint exhibit to William F. Blitzer, vice president of Neil Berzok Sheldon Licht promote Landmarks Preserva­ John M. Dixon Alexander Sanko Lightolier, Inc., secretary. Georges M. Knafo Carlos R. Sanz tion. It is hoped that dramatic New members of the Board of illustration of new uses for EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Directors of the CHPC include also threatened landmark buildings Jo E. Carroll Solomon Sheer Estelle Dodge Edgar Tafel architect Philip C. J ohnson, and may serve to alert the public and James Felt, former chairman of the owners of these structures that City Planning Commission; Mrs. they could have a useful economic STEPHEN FRANCIS VOORHEES Joseph S. Clark, Jr., Deputy Direc­ life as well as adding interest 1878-1965 tor Neal J. Handy iand H. K. and variety to our urban envi­ The . Executive Committee of the Negbar. ronment. In addition to showing New York Chapter,. AIA records proposed new uses for landmark with lasting affection, the passing buildings, it would be desirable of STEPHEN FRANCIS VOOR­ to demonstrate how valuable old HEES, Fellow of the American In­ buildings have been reclaimed in stitute of Architects, and President the past. Members who have pro­ of the Chapter, 1930-1932, and jects which they wish to exhibit recipient of the Chapter's Medal should contact Mrs. Louis Vac­ of Honor in 1944. zek, Executive Secretary, The Architect and men with a genius Municipal Art Society of New for winning the devotion and co­ York, (MU 9-2152). Information operation of his fellow men, he on the size and character of pre­ gave of himself unstintingly and sentation panels will be forward­ furnished an example of an archi­ ed to those who wish to exhibit. tect's capacity for leadership and service to his community. The exhibit will be given max­ As one of the founders of the imum exposure. We hope to use New York Building Congress, and shop windows volunteered by as its first President, he won the cooperating department stores respect of the entire Building In­ along Fifth Avenue. A publica­ dustry of his city. He enhanced the tion on the exhibit is being con­ respect in which the Building In­ sidered and there is a possibility dustry ·and his own profession were that the American Federation of held throughOut the nation by his Mr. Frost has long worked in Art may circulate the exhibit. outstanding services as a national the large-scale housing field and leader. has headed a number of community, We hope you will be able to help The lives of those he leaves be­ professional and public service or­ in this important contribution hind him have been enriched by ganizations. toward Landmark Preservation. his trust and his love for his fell ow Mr. Frost is the representative men. of the Paris-based Union Inter­ Co-Chairmen of the Exhibit The Executive Committee of the nationale des Architectes to the Committee: New York Chapter, AIA directs United Nations and a member of that a copy of this resolution shall the Standing Committee on Inter­ BERNARD J. ALBIN be sent to his family and to his national Relations of the A.I.A. Municipal Art Society partners, and that it shall be printed in the OCULUS. Among current commissions, Mr. MARTIN H. COHEN WILLIAM D. WILSON Frost's firm is writing the archi­ N. Y. Chapter Historic President tectural chapters of the new build­ Building Committee ELLIOT WILLENSKY ing code for the City, an $800,000 Secretary project under the direction of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. 3 ART FOR ARCHITECTURE Edited by JOHN M. DIXON and ESTELLE DODGE ART WORK SUBMISSION FOR N.Y.C. SCHOOLS by ARTHUR G. PALETTA Director of Architecture, N.Y.C. Board of Education The New York City Board of Edu­ school name, area background, and ART COMMI SSION SUBMISSION cation is one of the rare city agen­ other factors that may be utilized In the submission of material to cies with a definite policy on art as suitable subjects for works of the Art Commisssion, it should be art. In general, the type of art or presented with such clarity that the work included in its building pro­ sculpture work should be simple laymen of the committee can read­ grarn. This policy is described in and contemporary in feeling to ily obtain an idea as to location of the latest directive issued by the accord with the architectural char­ the art work with relation to its Board's Office of School Buildings acter of the building. Distorted surroundings. In the submission a and its Bureau of Design. OCULUS human figures or so-called "pro­ small scale model is advisable, which will initiate next rnonth a debate on gressive art work and sculpture" shows the art work with rel·ation are not desired and will not be to the setting. The Art Commission this policy. accepted. Before any art work Applications (in triplicate) should sketches are finalized, they must be be submitted to this office two (2) approved by the architect and his weeks before the Art Commission office. meeting. (Meetings are held every second Monday of each month.) ARTIST'S SELECTION MATERIAL AND LOCATION The sketches and models, when It has been the practice of this Due consideration should be ready for the Art Commission, are office to request the architects given to the materials used for the to be submitted one week before whose school projects have art art work.
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