National Civic Art Society

National Civic Art Society The National Civic Art Society is a 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to protect and advance a beautiful and meaningful American civic realm.

The National Civic Art Society invites you to take part in our 2026 walking tour series, "The Influence of Classicism in...
04/27/2026

The National Civic Art Society invites you to take part in our 2026 walking tour series, "The Influence of Classicism in the Architecture of Washington's Historic Neighborhoods." The series takes you through Lafayette Square, Capitol Hill, Dupont Circle, 16th Street, and Kalorama with historian Jeanne Fogle, whose family has called Washington home for over 150 years and whose great-grandfather painted frescos inside the U.S. Capitol.

Tours run every Saturday in May, starting May 2nd. Just $10.

Register NOW! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/influence-of-classicism-in-the-architecture-of-dcs-historic-neighborhoods-tickets-1987328923307?aff=oddtdtcreator

Gothamist reported last week, "President Donald Trump said he’d take a plan to rebuild Penn Station and relocate Madison...
03/31/2026

Gothamist reported last week, "President Donald Trump said he’d take a plan to rebuild Penn Station and relocate Madison Square Garden seriously if the arena’s influential owner is willing to play ball, according to sources familiar with the talks."

The article continues:

Justin Shubow, the president of a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group called the National Civic Art Society, is also involved in the project. He helped draft an executive order signed by Trump last year [encouraging] federal buildings to be constructed with “the classical architecture of ancient Athens and Rome.”

An Amtrak document guiding the finalists [for developing Penn Station] said any proposed design for Penn Station must “be cognizant of” the executive order on architecture that Shubow helped draft.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appointed Shubow [chairman of] an infrastructure design council last year. In an interview, Shubow acknowledged Grand Penn Community Alliance had ties to the Trump administration.

“We certainly have some advantages. Admittedly, it seems that other master developers… also have a lot of power and influence,” Shubow said of the Grand Penn plan. “This is a huge multibillion-dollar project and I would expect all the parties involved to have aces up their sleeves.”

As a part of the 2025 Venice Biennale, National Civic Art Society president Justin Shubow joined Edwin Heathcote and Kat...
12/10/2025

As a part of the 2025 Venice Biennale, National Civic Art Society president Justin Shubow joined Edwin Heathcote and Kate Wagner and for a debate on American federal architecture and classicism generally. Heathcote is the architecture critic for The Financial Times, while Wagner is architecture critic for The Nation and the author of the McMansion Hell blog.

They grappled with the classical roots of American civic design, the meaning of architectural symbolism in public life, and whether beauty matters. WATCH the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v91fhLYt1g

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