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596 Acres presents Reviewing Renewal on the Queens Museum Panorama

Queens Museum Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

596 Acres will present all of the urban renewal plans that the City has ever adopted in an intervention directly on the Panorama of the City of New York, realizing the online Urban Reviewer (urbanreviewer.org) map on a 1:1200 scale of the 9,335 square foot Panorama.

What can we learn from the continuing story of urban renewal in NYC? Check out the exhibit!

Free

Washed Up Transforming a Trashed Landscape Alejandro Duran

Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery 2180 Third Avenue , New York

Washed Up is an ongo­ing project by Mexican-born, New York-based artist Ale­jan­dro Durán that addresses the issue of plas­tic pol­lu­tion mak­ing its way across the ocean and onto the shores of Sian Ka’an, Mexico’s largest federally-protected reserve.

Come see how this Ale­jan­dro Durán addresses these issues through art!

Free

The Field of Sustainable Finance: Foundations and Future Growth

The Columbia Club, James Madison Room, 2nd Floor 15 W. 43rd St., New York

At the nexus of sustainability and management is the growing field of Sustainable Finance – an interdisciplinary field with elements of corporate sustainability and financial principles including green accounting and carbon accounting, environmental markets, project finance, asset management and sustainable investment, and the impacts of environmental issues on capital markets.

A mix of academics and practitioners will discuss how sustainable finance has developed and evolved as a field. They'’ll debate what we mean by sustainable finance itself and explore the key players and drivers, as well as what it will look like in the future.

Free

The High Line as Urban Accelerator: A Conversation

Offsite Public Program Museum of City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street), New York

The High Line has stimulated tremendous growth in its Chelsea neighborhood and sparked new thinking about multi-use, shared public spaces.

Join High Line co-founder Joshua David for a conversation with architectural critic Paul Goldberger and Vishaan Chakrabarti of SHoP Architects about the impact of this repurposed elevated rail line on the city and its economy.

$16