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Jane Jacobs Centennial Lecture: Janette Sadik-Khan

Museum at Eldridge Street 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY, United States

Janette Sadik-Khan, former NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner who introduced pedestrian plazas, bike lanes and bike sharing, will speak on the legacy of writer and preservationist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), whose work changed the way the world views and understands cities. Award-winning author and preservationist Roberta Brandes Gratz will introduce Sadik-Khan.

Free

Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter

Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY, United States

For over 60 million persons in the world today, shelter is defined through constant movement or escape. Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter explores the ways in…

Free – $25

Urban Design Principles for Planning New York City

The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

The NYC Department of City Planning’s mission is to plan the future of the city of New York. One of the core values of this…

Free

Studio@theCenter: Animal Architecture

The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Young people grades 3-5, explore architecture through design projects, field trips and building activities during these 3-day programs at the Center for Architecture, held during…

Free – $350

Issues From Transportation Hell

Seafarers & International House 123 East 15th Street, Manhattan

Part of Sierra Club's 2017-2018 Sustainability Series Speakers: William Henderson – Executive Director of Riders Council to MTA Nick Sifuentes – Executive Director of Tri-State…

Design Experiments for the Rebuilding of Houston and other Disaster Cities

The Puck Building, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue 295 LaFayette Street, New York, NY, United States

Professor Natalie Jeremijenko directs the Environmental Health Clinic, and is an Associate Professor in the Visual Art Department, NYU and affiliated with the Computer Science…

Free

The Architectural League’s Emerging Voices Night 1

SVA Visual Arts Theater 333 W 23rd St, New York City

Chris Baribeau, modus studio, Fayetteville David Seiter, Future Green Studio, Brooklyn Introduced by Jing Liu 1.5 AIA and New York State CEUs The first evening of the annual…

$10

May Forum: Resilient Solar

Urban Future Lab 15 MetroTech, 19th Floor , Brooklyn, NY, United States

As the solar energy industry continues its breakneck growth, more questions arise around how we can use this intermittent source of energy and still have…

$4 – $10

The New Urban Crisis

Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United States

On Tuesday, July 31st  Join Van Alen Institute as we delve into Richard Florida’s The New Urban Crisis. In 2002, Richard Florida published The Rise of the…

CITIESALIVE 2018

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge 333 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE: DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF RESILIENCE What is the future of our city regions? Will they be unbearably hot and regularly flooded by intense…

$150

May Energy & Climate Game Night at Ethical Culture

New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United States

About this event 2 hours 30 minutes We can teach everyone in the US (and then around the world) how to fix climate change with…