Event Date: 03/17/2010
5:30pm - 7:30pm

Waterfront Parks: Old, New, Green, Blue
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. Rutherford H. Platt
Speaker/Panelists:
-Drew Becher, Executive-Director, New York Restoration Project
-Dr. Vicky Gholson, Friends of Riverbank State Park
-Thomas Balsley, FASLA, Designer of Riverside Park South
-Connie Fishman, Executive Director, Hudson River Park Trust  (Invited)
-Jeanne Dupont  Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, Queens

Location: The Roosevelt House for Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 47-49 E. 65th Street

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