Excerpts from a one-day conference "Zoning the City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges" sponsored by the New York City Department of City Planning, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College.
The event takes place on November 15, 2011, at McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor.
[Part I -- 58 min.]
Welcome
Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, New York City
Zoning New York City
Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission
Panel One: Shaping New York City Zoning, 1961 to the Present
Hilary Ballon, Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi; University Professor of Urban Studies and Architecture, NYU
Carol Willis, Founder, Director, Curator, The Skyscraper Museum, New York; Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Columbia University
Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists
Moderator: Rick Bell, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York
Panel Two: Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century
Daniel L. Doctoroff, President and CEO of Bloomberg LP
Rosanne Haggerty, President, Community Solutions (CS)
Rohit T. Aggarwala, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture,
The New School
Moderator: Errol Louis, Host, "Inside City Hall," NY1
Panel Three: Zoning's Role In Addressing Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century: Zoning and the Competitive City
Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University
Kairos Shen, Chief Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Moderator: Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists
Panel Four: Zoning and the Equitable City
Toni Griffin, Professor & Director of the J. Max Bond Center at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY
John Rahaim, Director of Planning, City and County of San Francisco
Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Panel Five: Zoning and the Sustainable City
Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia
Jonathan F. P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies
Moderator: Jack Nyman, Director, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY
[Part II -- 60 min.]
Framing the Place of Zoning in Modern Cities
Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Panel Six: Zoning and the Physical City
Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning & Urban Design, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Peter Park, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Moderator: Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School
Panel Seven: Where Do We Go From Here?
Thom Mayne, Founder, Morphosis
Robert A. M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture; Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP
Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis; Chair, Real Estate Board of New York
Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Closing Remarks
Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission
