When Cars Reigned at the World’s Fair

2014-05-08T00:06:00-04:00

in retrospect, the second fair can be seen as the last un-self-conscious public celebration of automotive culture

Phil Patton reflects on the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 World’s Fair aka "Auto-Nirvana".

Major exhibition on polymath designer Norman Bel Geddes to open at MCNY

2013-09-06T13:38:00-04:00

The "Norman Bel Geddes: I Have Seen the Future" exhibition will open at the Museum of the City of New York starting Oct. 16. Presented by MCNY and the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, it will be the first major exhibition to explore the life and multi-faceted career of the man whose futuristic designs shaped the image of modern America during the early half of the 20th century.

This event is also in promotion through Archtober, a festival of architectural and design programs, exhibitions, and activities happening throughout New York City in the month of October.

Curated by MCNY's Donald Albrecht (Curator of Architecture and Design), the five-part exhibition will begin with Bel Geddes' birth in 1893 and the early stages of his creativity, then delve into his prime decades from the 1920s-1940s, and finally end with his post-war-period works until his death in 1958.

Receiving barely any academic training, Bel Geddes created revolutionary theatrical, indus...

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When Cars Reigned at the World’s Fair

Major exhibition on polymath designer Norman Bel Geddes to open at MCNY