Doris C. Freedman

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Doris Freedman in the public art office at Central Park, 1968. (NYC Parks Department/New York City Parks Department)

First Director of Cultural Affairs for New York City, President of The Public Art Fund, and Host of WNYC's Artists in the City.

In the 1970s, Freedman led a fight to legalize artists residences in Soho, and also pushed for the Percent for Art legislation, which requires one percent of all city construction budgets be spent on art. The plaza at the southeast corner of Central Park is named in her honor.