Art, Design, and the Urban Environment.

Co-organized by the National Academy and CIVITAS, Art, Design and the Urban Environment is a discussion series that explores how artists and architects—as well as activists, grassroots organizers, scientists, urban planners, and city agencies—can work together to improve urban environments in meaningful ways.

Themed topics, related to local issues facing the Upper East Side and East Harlem communities, serve as a catalyst for an interdisciplinary conversation that addresses concerns facing the New York community at large.

SCHEDULE

Urban Revitalization and East Harlem Rezoning 
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 / 6:30 PM
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Focusing on urban revitalization through the lens of East Harlem rezoning and updated land use policies, this panel will look specifically at projects currently under way in East Harlem, including the renovation of the former P.S.109 into affordable live and work space for artists, and the transformation of La Marqueta, a marketplace under the Metro North railway tracks between 111th and 116th Streets that was once the economic and social center of the neighborhood.

Panelists:
Peter Gluck, principal architect of GLUCK+, Matthew Washington, Chair of Community Board 11, and Gus Rosado, Executive Director, El Barrio’s Operation Fightback, Moderated by Karrie Jacobs, contributing editor, Metropolis and founding editor in chief, Dwell

Transportation and the Second Avenue Subway
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 / 6:30 PM
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In the final part of the series on “Art, Design and the Urban Environment,” panelists will discuss the construction of the Second Avenue Subway as a starting point for a conversation on transportation infrastructure. How can urban design and public art transform street-level spaces to be more functional, and beautify below-ground levels on a grand scale?

Panelists:
Sandra Bloodworth, Director, MTA Arts for Transit; Mitchell Joachim, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Director of Research, Terreform ONE; Cesar Pelli, NA, architect; Moderated by James Russell, architecture critic, Bloomberg News

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