Carole Rifkind
Carole Rifkind was an American architecture critic, architectural historian, author, educator and filmmaker. Her books concern architectural history as well as the negotiation between the built environment and people within the urban landscape.
Biography
Carole Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at Mount Holyoke College and Barnard College, graduating from the latter in 1956. The same year she married Richard Rifkind.She taught at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and directed programs for the Hudson River Museum, the Municipal Art Society and Partners for Livable Places. She was also a consultant on historic preservation and tourism planning.
In 2011, she and her husband set up a Faculty Support Fund at Barnard, to assist teachers in the early years of their career.
Publications
Books
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?", Oculus 61 no. 4, p. 8–9.
- "Building Character," Metropolitan Home vol. 27, no. 5 p. 132–137.
- "Cultural Tourism: a New Opportunity for the Industrial City," Environmental Comment, p. 4–7.
- "Examining the 'First American City': SAH tours Pittsburgh," Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter vol. 38, no. 1, p. 1, 3–4, 15.
- "Faking It," Metropolis vol. 17, no. 5, p. 66–67, 83, 85.
- "How to Read an Old House," Historic preservation vol. 40, no. 1, p. 44–47.
- "Plying the Waters," Metropolis vol. 9, no. 3, p. 90–95.
- , New York Times, p. 482.