CNU New York

Paul Whalen, Partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects, will talk about the role of design in the public / private partnership that has revitalized the theater block of New York City’s 42nd Street. Please join us for this extraordinary riches-to-rags-to-riches story, and meet the leaders of the newly founded New York Congress for the New Urbanism.

Discussion about New Urbanism to follow presentation with audience members and founders of CNU New York.

Event Details:

Date/Time:

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6:30PM

Location:

Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America

20 West 44th Street 3rd floor

New York, New York 10036

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CNU President and CEO John Norquist, in the first two parts of a three-part series, discusses with Streetsblog how the right US transportation policy could be building “good street networks-plus-transit versus [the current US transportation policy of] mindless building of out-of-scale roads.”

http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/26/back-to-the-grid-john-norquist-on-how-to-fix-national-transpo-policy/

http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/30/back-to-the-grid-part-2-john-norquist-on-reclaiming-american-cities/ 

Stayed tuned for the third installment, which will be posted on www.Streetsblog.org and on www.cnuny.org .