Apr 27 2011
Urban Design Commitee is Back
Planning and Design
Is it like bringing two versions of time into the room? Yes/No?
The answer would be ”No”, unless implementation is involved, then it would be a simple matter of cash via step#1 plan and #2 design. In my experience watch out for the times when #2 goes first.
Meanwhile, the Urban Design Committee is back up and running, it will set goals and discuss ideas on 1) community outreach, 2) sponsorships and 3) engage in public policy reviews. All good.
Picking new targets could not be more important. If you can contribute drop a note to: ktheis@hntb.com
The Mission:
- to educate communities and public officials on the nature and purpose of urban design in defining the physical form of the urban landscape through the creation of public places and spaces.
- lato inform the public on the relevance of zoning recommendations on the shape of the physical environment and the process by which they are affected.
- to respond to planning and policy initiatives while in the formative stage.
Top ten options for review..
- impact of ten years of zoning change on urban design…
- waterfronts outside of manhattan — the failure of “restrictive declarations”
- review of school playground project – paint
- revisiting Long Island City — too big to fail?
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revisiting Brooklyn’s west coast — and then there is “billburg” vs. ?
- massive increase in density is good, right? something is missing and it is on the streets.
- are the urban designers at the MTA incompitent? an inside story
- getting past HPV lane finger painting and getting to dedicated rights of way – segway into cycles?
- Jane Jacobs was right — but what if she could have planned or designed something
- name the best urban place contest…. then prove it… get cash and prizes!
