Faculty
Fran Leadon
Deputy Chair, Associate Professor
Phone: 212-650-5432
Email: fleadon@ccny.cuny.edu
Office: SSA3M18
Educational Credentials :
- M. Arch., Yale University, 1994
- B. Design, University of Florida, 1991
Teaching Experience :
- Associate Professor, City College of New York, CUNY, 2012-present
- Assistant Professor, City College of New York, CUNY, 2006-2012
- Instructor, City College of New York, CUNY, 2000-2006
Professional Experience :
- Sole practitioner, 2006-present
- Pouder Design Group, 2003-2005
- Peter Gisolfi Associates, 2002
- Voorsanger Associates, 2000
- Richard Sturgeon Studio, 1999-2000
- CWB Architecture, 1999-2000
- Francois deMenil, Architect, 1998
- George Ranalli, Architect, 1996-1999
- Balmori Associates, 1994-1996
Licenses/Registration :
- Architecture License, New York State
Selected Publications and Recent Research :
- Book Authored:
- Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles. W. W. Norton, 2018.
- AIA Guide to New York City, Fifth Edition, with Norval White and Elliot Willensky. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Articles and Book Chapters:
- “Bricks and Brownstone: A Restoration,” in Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House, by Charles Lockwood, Patrick W. Ciccone, and Jonathan D. Taylor. New York: Rizzoli, 2019.
- “Squatters’ Rights in the Heights: A Battle for Land in Upper Manhattan,” Lapham’s Quarterly, April 20, 2018.
- "Why Broadway Meanders Up Manhattan’s Grid,” Zocalo Public Square, April 23, 2018.
- "The Aleatoric Studio: Embracing Chance and Risk in First-Year Design," 99th Annual ACSA Conference Proceedings, March 3-6, 2011.
- "Inspecting the Green City," Oculus, Fall 2009.
- Reviews:
- “The Outcast: A Review of Wright and New York by Anthony Alofsin,” Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History, July 16, 2019.
- "Bloomberg Makes Space in New York: Studying the Transformation of Place in New York Under the Bloomberg Administration," book review of Bloomberg's New York: Class and Governance in the Luxury City by Julian Brash, Architect's Newspaper, January 19, 2011.