In recent years, city agencies have released new guidelines to enhance New York City’s infrastructure through improved design, accessibility, connectivity, and resiliency. This discussion will explore how agencies and their partners collaborate to develop, use, and disseminate guidelines, and the potential for these guidelines to improve infrastructure and enhance the ways that New Yorkers experience the public realm. Speakers include: Susan Chin, Executive Director, Design Trust for Public Space Mitchell J. Silver, Commissioner, NYC Parks Yianice Hernandez, Director of Healthy Living by Design, NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene Thaddeus Pawlowski, Senior Urban Designer, New York City Dept. of City Planning Nancy Prince, Deputy Chief of Design, NYC Parks Nick Pettinati, Project Manager/Assistant Urban Designer, NYC Dept. of Transportation Celine Armstrong, Past-President, American Society of Landscape Architects-New York A light breakfast will be served.
New York City, NY; NYC