Event Date: 02/24/2010
5:30pm - 7:30pm

"Opening Out Toward the Water" The Big Picture
New York's future waterfront in 1609 was an arcadian shore of forests, wetlands, beaches, and sand bars, as depicted in Eric Sanderson's book Mannahatta. That landscape is lost forever. By the mid- 20th Century, in Ann Buttenwieser's phrase, the city was "walled off" from its shoreline by wharves, railroads, highways, power plants, and waste facilities. As maritime activity moved elsewhere, visions of a post-industrial, neo-natural, and people-centered waterfront have abounded. Today, with the guidance of PlaNYC and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, the transformation of New York's waterfront is in full swing. This colloquium series will celebrate progress to date and highlight what remains to be done.

Moderator: Dr. William Solecki, Director, CISC
Speakers/Panelists:
-Dr. Rutherford H. Platt, Senior Fellow, CISC           
-Robert Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association           
-Linda Cox, Executive Director, Bronx River Alliance
-Wilbur L. Woods, Director, Waterfront and Open Space Planning,
New York City Department of City Planning 
-Roland Lewis. CEO, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance           

Location: Faculty Dining Room, Hunter College West Building, E. 68th St and Lexington Ave
Registration: http://www.cunysustainablecities.org

Organized by: The Institute for Sustainable Cities, City University of New York
in collaboration with The Roosevelt House Institute of Public Policy at Hunter College
and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
Contact: Brigid Ripley
 (212) 396 - 6264
bripley@hunter.cuny.edu

 

This event is a Panel Discussion
Filed Under: New York City