Molly Garfinkel

Molly Garfinkel directs City Lore's Place Matters program, a wide-ranging public history and advocacy initiative working with communities across the five boroughs. Her work includes research and publishing, cultural resource management, exhibition curation, public programming, and education. She is particularly interested in building traditions, theories of cultural landscapes, and histories of urban planning and activism. Garfinkel holds a BA in Art History from Wesleyan University and an MA in Architectural History from the University of Virginia.