“Pedestrian Modern” 

with David Smiley

Thursday, November 20th, 2014 at 6:30 pm

DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State presents author David Smiley, who will discuss his 2013 book, Pedestrian Modern: Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956. published by the University of Minnesota Press. 

In Pedestrian Modern, David Smiley reveals how the design for places of consumption—stores and shopping centers—informed emerging modernist tenets. Tracing the history of architecture’s relationship with retail environments during a time of significant transformation in urban centers and in open suburban landscapes, Pedestrian Modern expands and qualifies the making of American modernism. 

David Smiley teaches at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. 

Reception to follow.

$10 DOCOMOMO Members. $20 General Admission.
Capacity limited to 40.   Advance Registration Required

Please register here: http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=7683