Hilary Ballon
Hilary Ballon (1956 - June 16, 2017) was an American historian of architecture and urbanism.Ballon earned her BA from Princeton University in 1977 and a PhD from MIT in 1985 in the field of architecture, art, and environmental studies.[https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/71371]
She was a member of the faculty at Columbia University from 1985 to 2006, where she was also a Fellow of the Heyman Center for the Humanities.
From 2007 until her death she held the title of university professor at New York University and taught in the graduate planning program at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She also served as Deputy Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi, and was "part of the leadership team" that developed and opened the campus. The teaching and learning center at that campus is named in her memory.
She curated exhibits at the Museum of the City of New York, including on Robert Moses from 2006 to 2007, as well as the bicentennial of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 from 2011 to 2012. Provided by Wikipedia
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The Paris of Henri IV : architecture and urbanism
New York, N.Y. : Cambridge, Mass. : Architectural History Foundation ; MIT Press, 1991Format: Book
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Louis Le Vau : Mazarin's Collège, Colbert's revenge
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999Format: Book
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Robert Moses and the modern city : the transformation of New York
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2007Other Authors: “…Ballon, Hilary…”
First edition.
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New York rising : an illustrated history from the Durst Collection
New York, New York : The Monacelli Press, 2018Other Authors: “…Ballon, Hilary…”
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The greatest grid : the master plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011
New York : Columbia University Press, 2012Other Authors: “…Ballon, Hilary…”
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Robert Moses and the modern city the transformation of New York
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2007Other Authors: “…Ballon, Hilary…”
1st ed.
Format: Book