Contacts

Art Commission of the City of New York
City Hall, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10007
Debra Bershad, Executive Director
(212) 788-3071

Bronx Borough President's Office
Department of Cultural Affairs
851 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451
Michael Aronowitz, Director
(718) 590-3500

Bronx Community College Hall of Fame
University Avenue and West 181st Street
Bronx, NY 10453
Ralph Rourke, Director
(718) 289-5161

Bronx Council on the Arts
1738 Hone Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
Ed Friedman, Director of Art Public Relations
(718) 931-9500

Bronx County Historical Society
3309 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
Mrs. Laura Tosi, Associate Librarian
(718) 881-8900

Bronx Institute
Bronx History Records
Janet Munch
Anthony Inguanzo
Library
(718) 960-8577

Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse & 165th Street
Bronx, NY 10456
Jenny Dixon, Director
Mr. Eathon Hall Jr., Curator of Education
(718) 681-6000, Ext. 165

City Island Public Library
City Island Historical Society
320 City Island Avenue
Bronx, NY 10464
(718) 885-1703

City of New York Parks & Recreation Department
830 Fifth Avenue, Arsenal
New York, NY 10021
Jonathan Kuhn, Curator of Monuments
(212) 360-3410
Karen Lemmey, Monuments Coordinator
(212) 360-8143

DASNY (Dormitory Authority of the State of New York)
515 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207-2964
Diane Serber, Director of Public Arts
(518) 257-3008

Gotham Center for New York City History
The Graduate School and University Center
The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 6103
New York, NY 10016-4309

Huntington Free Library
9 Westchester Square
(718) 829-7770

Kingsbridge Historical Society
Kingsbridge, Spuyten Duyvil, Riverdale
426 West 259th Street
Bronx, NY 10471
Peter Ostrander, President
(718) 796-1195

Lehman College
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, NY 10468
Professor Sally Webster
Art Department Chair
(718) 960-8256
Susan Hoeltzel
Art Gallery Director
(718) 960-7732

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Arts for Transit
347 Madison Avenue
New York NY 10017
Sandra Bloodworth, director
(212) 878-7225

Municipal Reference & Research Center
31 Chambers Street, Rm. 112
New York, NY 10007
(212) 788-8590

NYC & Company (formerly known as the New York Convention & Visitors Bureau)
Visitor Information Center
810 Seventh Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets
Bronx tourism information:
(718) 590-3518

New York Health & Hospitals Corporation
City Hall, 3rd Floor
New York, NY. 10007
Greg Mink, Director/Curator Art Program
(212) 442-3871
(718) 963-6869

New York Botanical Garden
Southern Boulevard
North Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
Susan Fraser, Library Archivist
(718) 817-8700, Ext. 8879

New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10424
(212) 873-3400

New York Public Library
Office of Branch Library
455 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Jenny Perez, Operations Manager
(212) 340-0941
(212) 689-3913, Fax

Percent for Art Program
Department of Cultural Affairs
330 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Charlotte Cohen
(212) 643-7770
(212) 643-7780, Fax

Public Art Fund, Inc.
1 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
Susan K. Freedman, President
Tom Eccles, Executive Director
(212) 980-4575

Public Art for Public Schools
Office of Capital Administration
Division of School Facilities
Board of Education, City of New York
28-11 Queens Plaza North
Long Island City, NY 11101
Michele Cohen, Program Director
(718) 391-6515

Woodlawn Cemetery
Webster Avenue and 233rd Street
Bronx, NY 10470
Susan Olsen, Director of Public Relations
(718) 920-0500

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Bergman, Edward F. Woodlawn Remembers, Cemetery of American History. Utica, New York: North Country Books, 1988.

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NYC & Company Official NYC Guide. New York: Forbes, 2001

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Web

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Alexandra Kasuba: works online

Lehman College homepage

New Deal Art Project: A list of WPA art in New York State (an extensive but not a complete list)

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Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University: Public Art Web Links

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