Join us for a conversation between Gehl and former “The Ethicist” columnist for The New York Times Randy Cohen in a live recording of the radio show Person Place Thing.
Open House New York and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to celebrate the centennial anniversary of New York City’s zoning resolution with a citywide scavenger hunt to uncover how the invisible forces of zoning have shaped the city around us, from the dramatic setbacks of Jazz Age skyscrapers to the vast open plazas of mid-century Modernism.
Please join us for the Civic Art Lab 2016 opening event and an evening featuring talks by artists/sustainability professionals Grace Johnson and Chloe Holden.
Explore how Madison Square Park’s Victorian design, public lawns, playground and art programs serves to create a vibrant public space.
Explore how cities can be both a solution for population increase and global warming by taking a look at urban areas all over the world.
Join Trees New York’s Arborist and Education Director, Sam Bishop, for a tree walk in Madison Square Park. Sam will be pointing out different kinds of trees and plants that grow in and around the park, and how they clean our air and water, nurture and feed our wildlife, and improve quality of life for all New Yorkers.
Please join us to talk about politics and clean energy with State Senator Liz Krueger and Deepwater Wind VP of Development Clint Plummer. Deepwater built…
Urban resilience also means changes in land use along with better and more equitable ways to protect a city's people. Realizing these innovations requires that New York and other great cities must give high priority to advancing the emerging capacities to foster and make the most of new approaches to climate risk management.
Come hear Robert Kanigel talk about his book, the first major biography of Jane Jacobs. “Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs” is about the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day.
If you are interested in learning more about how to make your home more energy efficient, and the financial and environmental benefits, please join us !
Join us for a lively discussion with practitioners on the leading edge of biophilic design. How can biophilic principles support a healthier, more resilient urban environment? What does a biophilic workplace look like? Does it really provide tangible benefits to productivity and the bottom line? What bioinspired innovative strategies and products are being developed? Come find out.
As government funding for the arts vacillates with the ping-pong of dual-party politics, and as periodic recessions strip many wealthy donors of their giving capacity, the precarity of the creative community has become the norm. Join us for a discussion as we devise new ways to fortify the arts through New York City’s one true constant: the ever-rising value of space.