Carole Rifkind (June 23, 1935 – July 22, 2019) was an American
architecture critic Architecture criticism is the critique of architecture. Everyday criticism relates to published or broadcast critiques of buildings, whether completed or not, both in terms of news and other criteria. In many cases, criticism amounts to an assessmen ...
,
architectural historian
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, author,
educator
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and filmmaker. Her books concern architectural history as well as the negotiation between the built environment and people within the urban landscape.
[Carole Rifkind, "America's Fantasy Urbanism: The Waxing of the Mall and the Waning of Civility," in ''Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip Mining of American Culture'' edited by Katharine Washburn and John F. Thornton. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. ]
Biography
Carole Lewis was born in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
, New York. She studied at
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. It is the oldest member of the h ...
["Lewis-Rifkind," ''New York Times'' (January 8, 1956), p. 90.] and
Barnard College
Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...
, graduating from the latter in 1956.
[Elisia Brown, "Support for the Essentials: Two Funds Target Faculty Research" (press release), Feb. 1, 2011.]
/ref> The same year she married Richard Rifkind.[
She taught at and directed programs for the ]Hudson River Museum
The Hudson River Museum, located in Trevor Park in Yonkers, New York, is the largest museum in Westchester County, and features the only public planetarium in the county. While often considered an art museum due to its extensive collection of Hu ...
, the Municipal Art Society
The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) is a non-profit membership organization for preservation in New York City, which aims to encourage thoughtful planning and urban design and inclusive neighborhoods across the city.
The organization was ...
and Partners for Livable Places.[ She was also a consultant on historic preservation and tourism planning.][Carole Rifkind, ''A Field Guide to American Architecture'' (New York: New American Library, 1980), p. i.]
In 2011, she and her husband set up a Faculty Support Fund at Barnard, to assist teachers in the early years of their career.[
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Publications
Books
*(with Carol Levine) ''Mansions, Mills, and Main Streets''. New York: Schocken Books, 1975.
*''Main Street: the Face of Urban America''. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.
*''A Field Guide to American Architecture''. New York: New American Library, 1980.
*''Tourism and Communities: Process, Problems, and Solutions''. Washington, D.C.: Partners for Livable Places, 1981.
*''A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture''. New York: Dutton, 1998.
Articles
*"America's Fantasy Urbanism: The Waxing of the Mall and the Waning of Civility," in: ''Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip Mining of American Culture'' edited by Katharine Washburn and John F. Thornton. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996.
*"Are We Getting What We Deserve?" (with ...), ''Oculus'' 61 no. 4 (Dec. 1998), p. 8–9.
*"Building Character," ''Metropolitan Home'' vol. 27, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 1995) p. 132–137. (Renovation of the author's eastern Long Island home)
*"Cultural Tourism: a New Opportunity for the Industrial City," ''Environmental Comment'' (Jan. 1981), p. 4–7.
*"Examining the 'First American City': SAH tours Pittsburgh," ''Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter'' vol. 38, no. 1 (Feb. 1994), p. 1, 3–4, 15.
*"Faking It," ''Metropolis'' vol. 17, no. 5 (Dec. 1997-Jan. 1998), p. 66–67, 83, 85. (Review of Ada Louise Huxtable
Ada Louise Huxtable (née Landman; March 14, 1921 – January 7, 2013) was an American architecture critic and writer on architecture. Huxtable established architecture and urban design journalism in North America and raised the public's awarene ...
's ''Unreal America'' (1997)
*"How to Read an Old House," ''Historic preservation'' vol. 40, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1998), p. 44–47.
*"Plying the Waters," ''Metropolis'' vol. 9, no. 3 (Oct. 1989), p. 90–95. (Concerning the revival of ferry service in New York City)
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Filmography
*''The Venetian Dilemma'' (2004)
*'' Naturally Obsessed: the Making of a Scientist'' (2009)
References
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References
1935 births
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References
1935 births
Writers from Brooklyn
American architecture writers
Barnard College alumni
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation alumni
20th-century American women writers
New York University alumni
Filmmakers from New York (state)
2019 deaths
21st-century American women
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