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Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk Presents Miami 21 Form-Based Code

CNU New York & AIA NY

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February 9, 6:00 pm - 8:00pm

Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place NY 10036

Admission $10 members of sponsoring organizations / $20 others
AIA and AICP CEU credits applied for
RSVP: http://bit.ly/zRiYfB

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On February 9 Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, FAIA will present Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company's form-based code Miami21, which won the American Planning Association's 2011 National Planning Excellence Award. The APA praised the city's "groundbreaking" new zoning code for paying "particular attention to interaction between the public and private realms, especially to encourage walkable and vibrant streetscapes."

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Miami21 is the first city-wide form-based code for a major American city and marks an important milestone in the development of form-based codes because it demonstrates its applicability to older, larger cities like New York.

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The presentation is jointly sponsored by CNU New York, AIA NY and the New York Metro chapter of the APA.

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Robert Moses on the Silver-ish Screen

Hot off the press! You many know The Power Broker as the thorough classic that's required reading in many city planning classes, or have seen it recently on a Planner's bookshelf. HBO will be adapting Robert Caro's 1974 biopic on New York City's "Master Builder" Robert Moses. It will be directed by Oliver Stone and produced by Stone, Peter Guber and James Gandolfini (of The Sapranos).

News courtesy of Hollywood Reporter and the New York Observer.

Image courtesy of Streetsblog.

11/15 - Zoning The City Conference

Photo credit: Zoning The City website

Coming up on Nov. 15 is Zoning The City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges

This one-day conference is run by the NYC Dept. of City Planning, Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and Baruch College's Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute.

From 8:30 am - 5:30 pm, this is your chance to learn about New York's vital role & future in Zoning.  The location is the McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 1221 6th Ave (2nd Fl., enter on 49th St).

Register, view schedule & more info at the Conference Website.  A taste of what's to come (excerpt from website):

In this 50th anniversary year of the 1961 Zoning Resolution... a day-long conference designed to cultivate new thinking about zoning as a governmental tool that may be used to address major economic, social, environmental, and physical challenges facing New York City in the 21st century.

Co-chaired by New York City Planning Department Director Amanda Burden and Harvard University Professor Jerold S. Kayden, the conference features prominent experts who will describe the challenges facing New York City and the role zoning should and should not play in meeting them. The conference will explore the possibilities and limitations of zoning as a tool to be employed by New York City as it seeks to compete globally, to offer economic and social opportunities for all its citizens, to ensure a sustainable environment, and to enhance its public realm.

After the conference, head on over to the CNU New York Salon, also on 6th Avenue (just a little south).  Details on our Salon above.

11/15- CNU New York Salon Series Returns with Hanoi Master Plan 2030

The CNU New York Salon Series returns next week to the Mohawk Showroom at 71 W. 23rd St. @ 6th Ave, 18th Floor:

Lecture: Hanoi Master Plan 2030

 Tuesday Nov. 15, 6:00pm - 8:00pm (lecture will start promptly at 6:30)

RSVP at https://www.cnu.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=20

A presentation on Hanoi Capital Construction Master Plan by Perkins Eastman. Brad Perkins and Paul Buckhurst will discuss the framework to guide the city’s expected urban growth to over nine million people by 2030. The plan establishes a vision for the city to become one of the most livable, sustainable, and attractive world capital cities. The plan protects 70% of Hanoi—including its natural areas and agricultural land—as part of a broad sustainability strategy. The plan calls for strict preservation of the historic precincts.

Refreshments will be served. AIA Credits are pending. Special thanks to The Mohawk Group for their generous support.

Admission:    CNU Members: free

                     Non-members: $6
                     Students: free

10/24 - Janette Sadik-Khan with David Bryne

For all you avid bicycle planners and enthusiasts, an event that's sure to be of interest.  This Monday, Oct. 24 (5:00-6:30 pm) at the Center for Architecture, acclaimed NYC Dept of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will be in conversation with David Byrne (of the band Talking Heads), author of Bicycle Diaries.  In Diaries, Bryne reports on pedal-powered observations & insights during his global travels.

Afterwards, stay for the Trust for Governors Island President Leslie Koch in conversation with David Haskell of New York Magazine, 6:30-8:00 pm.

Reception to follow at 8:00 pm.  Purchase a ticket - Free for AIA members; $10 for non-members.

This month's installment of the Oculus Book Talk series is a program of Archtober, Architecture & Design Month in NYC; and is organized by the AIA-NY Oculus & Public Architecture committees.

10/8 - Retrofitting Suburbia

Join June Williamson, co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia, for a hands-on repair workshop. Through images and sketching, learn how to apply “retrofitting” tactics to build healthier, happier, and more sustainable suburbs.

Saturday, October 8, 2011 | Noon - 3pm

BMW Guggenheim Lab

Houston at 2nd Ave | New York, New York

Free and open to the public.  The Lab space is open to the elements so dress accordingly.

EVENT INFO PAGE

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Sprawl dominates American cities. Its monotonous, low-density, single-use, auto-dependent landscapes are making us sick and endangering the health of the planet. Can Anywhere, USA, be fixed?



Photo by Christoph Gielen

Also, stick around for the panel Sprawl: Past, Present and Future- 6 - 8 pm, also on 10/8.  Williamson will moderate a discussion on the history, development, and future of sprawl with panelists Rachel Heiman, an urban anthropologist at the New School specializing in the comforts and anxieties of the American middle class; Galina Tachieva, an urban planner and author of The Sprawl Repair Manual; and Christoph Gielen, a photographer exploring sprawl and the intersection of art and environmental politics through photographic aerial studies of infrastructure.

Tactical Urbanism in October

CNU New York is a sponsor in the upcoming Tactical Urbanism Salon on October 15.  Its going to be a great day, where we'll hear the latest on the collaborative effort between The Street Plans Collaborative, NextGen [The Next Generation of New Urbanists], and others.  The following poster has RSVP & event information:

Summer Update: "Battle for Brooklyn" & Atlantic Yards

"Battle for Brooklyn" is having quite a good reception this summer.  Info below comes from the community group Develop Don't Destroy Brookyn (DDDB):

Documentary filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore has chosen BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN for his Traverse City Film Festival in his home state of Michigan. The film will screen at the festival on July 27th & 29th.

"We are extremely happy and honored to have Battle for Brooklyn playing with all of the other amazing films at the Traverse City Film Festival," said co-director Suki Hawley, "Michael Moore's stamp of approval is very appreciated, and it sends the message that this is a story that’s relevant far beyond Brooklyn and stirring to audiences from all across the map."

The film will make its West Coast premiere when it opens a theatrical engagement at the Laemmle Music Hall in Los Angeles on August 19th.  "Battle" has also just been selected as the opening night film at the DocuWest Film Festival held in Golden, Boulder and Denver, Colorado on September 7th.

After a successful three week engagement at Cinema Village in Manhattan the film began a one-week run on July 6th Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema. That engagement has been so successful that the film will screen once each week—Wednesdays at 7:15pm—for the rest of the summer.

Controversy continues on Atlantic Yards. NY1 reports on a recent presentation by transportation engineer/planner Sam Schwartz focusing on transit & traffic concerns from the project. View the article & video here.

Lastly, an excerpt of a recent press release:

Local Groups Victorious as Judge Slams Empire State Development Corporation; Court Orders New Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Reconsideration of MGPP

Today, New York State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman ruled that the NY State Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) acted illegally in 2009 when it approved changes to the Atlantic Yards project that increased from 10 to 25 years the amount of time allowed to developer Forest City Ratner Companies to complete the project without first studying the impacts of prolonged construction to the surrounding communities.

The BrooklynSpeaks sponsors had argued that decades of extended construction, including the use of large portions of the site for an 1,100-car surface parking lot, would have a blighting impact on the surrounding communities. “Two years after Atlantic Yards’ revised plan was adopted by ESDC, the project has yet to deliver any significant jobs for the people of Brooklyn, and its affordable housing is literally nowhere in sight,” said Michelle de la Uz, Executive Director of the Fifth Avenue Committee. “FCRC has moved forward with paving land where working families used to live. Now, there is an opportunity to make Atlantic Yards accountable to the public and ensure that the promised benefits of jobs for local residents, affordable housing and open space are delivered without further tax payer subsidy or delay.”

Lecture: International Urbanism

Wednesday, July 13, 6-8pm
RSVP HERE http://bit.ly/jfRYPL

CNU New York invites you to a three-part lecture on International Urbanism. Significant new communities continue to develop around the world. Projects from the design firms of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Cooper Robertson, Marc Wouters, and KPF feature work in China, the Czech Republic, and South Korea. The discussion will include the ways plans adapt to issues of local culture, climate, local technology and give each community unique character. Sustainable design practices that range from transportation strategies, energy production, water management, and ecology will also be discussed.

Speakers:
Paul Whalen of Robert A.M. Stern Architects will discuss a community in Xiamen, China.
Marc Wouters, Architect and Urban Designer, will discuss a sustainable village near Prague.
James von Klemperer of KPF Associates will present New Songdo City in South Korea.

Date:            July 13, 2011
                    Lecture will start promptly at 6:30pm.
                    Refreshments served

Admission:  CNU Members- free
                    Non-members- $3
                    Students- free

 Location: Mohawk Showroom
  71 West 23rd Street (at 6th Ave), 18th Floor, NYC

 AIA Credits: Pending

Special Thanks to The Mohawk Group for their generous support

6/28 The Agile City: Skyscraper Museum Lecture

On June 28, 6:30pm to 8:00, the Skyscraper Museum will host the James S. Russell Book Talk, on THE AGILE CITY: Building Well-Being & Wealth in an Era of Climate Change (Island Press 2011).

The gallery & exhibition are open for viewing beginning at 6 pm. RSVP to programs@skyscraper.org (be sure to mention the lecture in your RSVP).

More info at the Skyscaper Museum's website:

In a very short time the developed world has realized that global warming poses real challenges to the our future. The Agile City engages the fundamental question: what to do about it? Journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell argues that we’ll more quickly slow global warming—and blunt its effects—by retrofitting cities, suburbs, and towns. The Agile City shows that change undertaken at the building and community level can reach carbon-reduction goals rapidly.

James S. Russell is the architecture columnist for Bloomberg News. He has written about cities, architecture, and environmental design for more than 20 years.

There's a rich roster of events at the Skysraper Museum all summer, including another book talk not to miss on July 21 about architectural photography.  The Museum is at the edge of the acclaimed New Urbanist development Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan. Directions here.

Tactical Urbanism Heralded on Grist

Tactical Urbanism has been gaining some great press lately.  Grist, a web-based environmental news and commentary site has a recent article written by Sarah Goodyear.  In "The new New Urbanism: Fast, nimble, flexible, and tactical," Goodyear writes about CNU-19, newer efforts New Urbanism has been focusing on, and of course Tactical Urbanism.

Read the article in full here.

Tactical Urbanism is a working project of The Street Plans Collaborative (an urban planning & advocacy firm) and NextGen (a group of next generation New Urbanists).  The project encompases strategies by individuals, local community groups & municipalities.  Focus is on incremental, small-scale improvement; positioned well within the current economic environment.  More information and a download of Volume 1 are available at The Street Plans Collaborative.