Hilary Ballon Explained

Hilary Ballon (1956 - June 16, 2017) was an American historian of architecture and urbanism.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Ballon earned her BA from Princeton University in 1977[5] and a PhD from MIT in 1985 in the field of architecture, art, and environmental studies.[6] 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 passing, 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.[7] 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.[8]

She curated exhibits at the Museum of the City of New York, including on Robert Moses from 2006 to 2007,[9] as well as the bicentennial of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 from 2011 to 2012.[10]

Books

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum (2009)

Mazarin's College, Colbert's Revenge (Princeton University Press, 2000)[12] - winner of the Prix d’Academie from the Academie Francaise.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SAH Newsletter. Default.
  2. Web site: Hilary Ballon, 1956-2017 | MIT School of Architecture + Planning. sap.mit.edu.
  3. Web site: Hilary Ballon, professor of urban studies and architecture, passes away. June 19, 2017.
  4. Hilary Ballon (1956–2017). ANDERSON, CHRISTY. EASTON, ELIZABETH. McPHEE, SARAH. WESTERMANN, MARIËT. YERKES, CAROLYN. 2018. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 77. 1. 6–9. 10.1525/jsah.2018.77.1.6 . 26419055 . JSTOR.
  5. Web site: 2018-07-02 . Hilary M. Ballon ’77 . 2024-04-01 . Princeton Alumni Weekly . en.
  6. Web site: Hilary Ballon SOF/Heyman Profile . 2024-04-01 . SOF/Heyman . en.
  7. Web site: Hilary Ballon SOF/Heyman Profile . 2024-04-01 . SOF/Heyman . en.
  8. Web site: Dhabi . NYU Abu . About . 2024-04-01 . New York University Abu Dhabi . en.
  9. Web site: Robert Moses and the Modern City Museum of the City of New York . 2024-04-01 . www.mcny.org . en.
  10. Web site: The Greatest Grid Museum of the City of New York . 2024-04-01 . www.mcny.org . en.
  11. Review Essay: Railroads and Metropolitan Form: ANN DURKIN KEATING, Chicagoland: City and Suburbs in the Railroad Age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. JOHN HENRY HEPP IV, The Middle Class City: Transforming Space and Time in Philadelphia, 1876-1926. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. HILARY BALLON, New York's Pennsylvania Stations. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002. DAVID M. YOUNG, The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped Chicago. Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005. LaDale C.. Winling. August 9, 2008. Journal of Planning History. 7. 3. 252–260. 10.1177/1538513208319258. 149171725 .
  12. Hilary Ballon, Louis Le Vau: Mazarin's Collège, Colbert's Revenge. Rochelle. Ziskin. December 1, 2003. The Journal of Modern History. 75. 4. 954–956. journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon). 10.1086/383375.
  13. Ziskin . Rochelle . December 1, 2003 . Hilary Ballon, Louis Le Vau: Mazarin's Collège, Colbert's Revenge . The Journal of Modern History . 75 . 4 . 954–956 . 10.1086/383375 . journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
  14. Review: The Paris of Henri IV: Architecture and Urbanism by Hilary Ballon. Richard. Cleary. June 1, 1993. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 52. 2. 222–224. online.ucpress.edu. 10.2307/990788. 990788 .

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