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September 4
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Combating Climate Change: A Leadership Imperative
Rocky Anderson, founder of High Road for Human Rights and former Mayor of Salt Lake City, will give the keynote speech at the 2008 Mayors' Institute on Climate Change
Presented by Regional Plan Association, ICLEI, Lincoln Institute for Land Policy and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
India House, One Hanover Square, Manhattan
Free and open to the public.
For more information and RSVP, please contact katie@rpa.org
September 9
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Fairfield County Economic Summit and Outlook
The Fairfield County economy affects not only the southern part of Connecticut but the entire state and region. Learn what’s in store for the business and industry in this vital part of the state and get information about the future of the region’s overall economy. You’ll hear experts discuss how the county’s current infrastructure and its future will affect all business and industry in the region. Economist Steve Lanza of the University of Connecticut will be on hand to release the fall edition of The Connecticut Economy.
UCONN Stamford Campus
Free, for more info and to register: registrar@cbia.com, 860-244-1977 or www.cbia.com/hr
September 11
6:30 p.m.
The High Line: Reviving New York’s Avant-Garde Architecture
Join curators Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins; architect Neil Denari; architectural historian Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University; Sherida Paulsen, architect and former chair of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; and Rick Bell, architect and executive director of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, for a discussion of the broader implications of Denari’s HL23 residential tower, now under construction at 23rd Street and the High Line. The program will explore HL23’s role in New York City’s revival as a center of avant-garde architecture and how today’s global culture and economy have shaped the building’s design and construction. Presented in conjunction with New York Fast Forward: Neil Denari Builds on the High Line.
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
$5 for RPA members and friends, reservations required
For more info and to make a reservation: (212) 534-1672, ext. 3395
September 12
8:15 a.m.
City Law Breakfast
Executive Director of the Port Authority for New Jersey and New York, Christopher O. Ward, will speak on "Challenges at the Port Authority" at the next City Law Breakfast of the 2008-2009 school year
47 Worth Street, Manhattan
For more info and to register: http://www.citylaw.org/events_reserve_breakfast.php
September 16
8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Greening the Iron Corridor: Redefining the Northeast Corridor
The Greening the Iron Ribbon conference will discuss and identify new paradigms for development and sustainability that will redefine the Northeast Mega-region for years to come. The keynote address will be given by Euguenie Birch, FAICP, Co-Director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research, and Lawrence C. Nussdorf, Professor of Urban Research.
NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq South, 10th Floor, Manhattan
$50 members or sponsoring organizations, $75 non-members
For more info and to register: http://aiany.org/calendar/day.php?id=2008-09-16
September 17
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
2008 UI Economic Development Conference
Confirmed speakers include Joan McDonald, DECD COmmissioner, Michael J. Morand, Yale University, Assoc. VP of New Haven and State Affairs, and Dennis J. Donovan, Wadley-Donovan-Gutshaw Consulting, Principal.
Savin Rock Conference Center, West Haven, CT
RSVP by September 15th to Garret Sheehan at garrett.sheehan@uinet.com
September 18
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The Moses Legacy
The Center for Study of Executive Leadership, the Center for Regional Policy Studies at Stony Brook University, and Senator Kenneth P. LaValle present the 8th Symposium in the “Leaders in Government” series. The program will begin with registration/continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., followed by panel discussions analyzing the impact of Robert Moses on Long Island’s development. The program is followed by a luncheon, with a keynote address by Robert Caro, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Power Broker and other books.
Student Activities Center, Stony Brook University, Long Island
For more info and to register: 631-632-9021
September 18
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hard Times?...but Real Opportunities
2008 Downtown New Jersey Conference
Union County Performing Arts Center, 1601 Irving Street, Rahway, NJ 07065
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
PlaNYC - Visioning 23rd Street All-Day Workshop
The workshop builds on the advocacy efforts that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the NY Metro chapter of the AIA has undertaken in response to and in support of PLANYC.
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, Manhattan
For more info and to RSVP: Ed Cohen at ecohen@panynj.gov by August 22nd
September 20
11:00 a.m.
The Future of Roosevelt Island
The APA Metro Chapter Housing & Revitalization Committee presents a walking tour and panel discussion on the changes facing Roosevelt Island
For more info: Carol Van Guilder cvanguilder1@hotmail.com
September 26
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Paradigm of Mobility: A radical change in urban transport to challenge sustainability
Georges Amar and Dominique Laousse, of the Paris Public Transport Company (RATP) will give a seminar on innovations in Parisian public transport.
Baruch College Conference Center, 151 East 25th Street, 7th Floor, Manhattan
For more info and to register: www.utrc2.org
September 27
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Connecticut Land Use Academy
The Land Use Academy provides practical and accessible education for local land use decision makers across the state, with a focus on skills and knowledge needed to serve on land use commissions with confidence.
UConn Torrington, Main Building, Auditorium
$40, includes lunch
For more info and to register: http://www.clear.uconn.edu/lua.htm
October 20
6:30 p.m.
New York For Sale: Are Developers Overbuilding?
Neighborhood activists and preservationists claim that changes in zoning regulations and new construction are destroying the character of New York. Public officials and pro-development forces maintain that in order to compete with other global cities, New York must continue on its current course of development and that there are ways to do this sustainably. Hope Cohen, deputy director of the Center for Rethinking Development in NYC, will moderate a panel discussion with Tom Angotti, director of Hunter College’s Center for Community Planning & Development and author of New York for Sale: Community Planning Confronts Global Real Estate (MIT Press, November 2008); Carlton A. Brown, founding partner and chief operating officer of Full Spectrum; Amanda Burden, commissioner, NYC Dept. of City Planning; Steven Spinola, president, The Real Estate Board of New York; and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
$5 for RPA members and friends, reservations required
For more info and to make a reservation: (212) 534-1672, ext. 3395
November 13
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tying it all Together: Transit, Jobs & Housing
1000 Friends of Connecticut's 2nd Annual Statewide Smart Growth Conference, with compelling speakers, networking, information booths and lively workshops.
For more info: info@1000friends-ct.org
November 14
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Making the Connection:Transit Oriented Development – A Blueprint for Success
Explore opportunities, challenges, and policy questions related to TOD, and learn from regional, national, and international examples about what works, what does not work - and why - when trying to successfully implement such projects.
Kimmel Center, NYU, Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, 40 Washington Square South, 4th Floor
November 15
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Connecticut Land Use Academy
The Land Use Academy provides practical and accessible education for local land use decision makers across the state, with a focus on skills and knowledge needed to serve on land use commissions with confidence.
Northeast Utilities, 107 Selden St. Berlin, CT
$40, includes lunch
For more info and to register: http://www.clear.uconn.edu/lua.htm