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.

Comments

[Alexis Felix]

In today's world of obsolescence, research, unpredictable innovations and uncertainties vis-a-vis the "going green" movement, zoning perhaps ought to be viewed as a flexible tool to guide future develpoment, and not dogmatic.