Faculty

John Tauranac 
BA, MA
Adjunct Associate Professor

Department Affiliation

• Arts Programs
• Humanities and Performing Arts

Courses

• Tour New York City's Great Architectural Centers / X03.8141
  
• Manhattan's Gold Coasts / NYCM1-CE9846
  
• The Glories of The Upper West Side, Block By Block / NYCM1-CE9932
  
• New York's Architectural Diversity: Exploring the Best of New York's Neighborhoods / NYCM1-CE9076
  
• The Design and Architecture of New York City Transportation / X03.8110
  
• The Built City: A History of New York's Architecture and Infrastructure / NYCM1-CE9080
  

Educational Record

• Columbia University's School of General Studies, BA, 1963, English Lit, History
• NYU Graduate School of Arts & Science, MA, 1976, American Urban History

Teaching Record

• NYU/SCPS, Arts and Humanities
  Adjunct Assoc. Prof. 1983 - Present

Honors & Awards

• Commendation for Design Excellence
  Natl. Endowment for the Arts & US Dept. of Trans, 1991
• Centennial Historian of the City of New York
  Mayor's Office, 1999
• Award for Teaching Excellence
  NYU/SCPS, 2006

Professional Societies

• Art Deco Society of New York City, Advisory Council, 2006 - 2009
• Cornwall (CT) Historical Society, Board Member, 2008 - 2009

Publications

• Geographic & Non-Geographic Maps, Tauranac Maps, New York City Subway, 2008
• Tauranac Press (Regularly Revised, ¿ 2008), Manhattan Block By Block: A Street Atlas, 2000
• Harry N. Abrams (Rev., 2002), New York From the Air: An Architectural Heritage, 1998
• Scrbner, The Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmar, 1995
• Abbeville Press, Elegant New York: 1885¿1915, 1985
• Design Chief - Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York Cty Subway Map , 1979
• Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Essential New York, 1979
• Popular Libary (CBS Publications), Seeing New York, 1976