Bloomberg unveils first sections of Brooklyn Bridge Park greenway
The first sections of the Brooklyn Bridge Park greenway have opened, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today, connecting Old Fulton Street to Pier 2 along the East River with a 2,000-foot bicycle and walk lane. The 30-foot wide greenway, which is being developed in conjunction with the Brooklyn [...]
Our Cities, Ourselves:
The Future of Transportation in Urban Life – Architects, Developers, and Transport Planners on the Future of Our City.
Saturday Jun. 26, 2010 11:00 AM – 05:00 PM (in 7 days and 19:09 hours.)
Where: Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place.
The symposium is organized on conjunction with an exhibition at the [...]
This week New York City officially unveiled it’s finalized plan for a $220 million renovation of Governors Island ! Starting in 2012, construction will begin on what could become one of the coolest urban parks in the world. The finalized design is by Dutch firm West 8 in partnership with Rogers [...]
Sustaining Places
On March 22, at the World Urban Forum, APA President Bruce Knight, FAICP, formally announced APA’s Sustaining Places Initiative. A key element is the newly formed Sustaining Places Task Force, which will focus on the role of the comprehensive plan as the leading policy document and [...]
Call for Sessions
Apply now! Lead a Session at the IFLA World Congress 2011 Zurich, Switzerland, 27 – 29 June 2011
“Scales of Nature”
From Urban Landscapes to Alpine Gardens
The World Congress of Landscape Architecture
The annual IFLA World Congress is a professional congress to be held [...]
Symposium WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture
16 November 2009
10 AM to 6 PM
National Building Museum
Washington, DC
Federal attention to America’s infrastructure is a critical part of our nation’s economic recovery plan, but
we must also consider how that investment in the next generation of bridges, roads, and waterways will
create more sustainable, more engaging, more livable cities. This symposium [...]
