Reframing the Public Realm: Lessons from New York City

UDISA and the Department of Architecture of the University of Pretoria invite you to attend a talk: Reframing the Public Realm: Lessons from New York City presented by Jeffrey Shumaker

Date: 15 May 2018

Time 1-2 pm

Venue: Lecture Hall 3-3, Boukunde Building, University of Pretoria

Abstract: New York City is famous for some great public spaces, including the beloved Bryant Park, Central Park and now the High Line, to name just a few; but it has only recently discovered that it has a much more comprehensive public realm. Unlike cities in Europe, cities in America, including NYC, have until very recently viewed streets as places primarily for cars and private land primarily for private users. It was not until the Bloomberg administration, and its release of PlaNYC in 2007, that the city began to view itself differently, from the pedestrian point of view and as a city for people. Deriving public benefit from private development was now the primary challenge. This talk will share some lessons learned from the Bloomberg years, what worked, what didn’t and what can be applied to other cities around the world.

Bio of Speaker: Jeffrey Shumaker AICP, Assoc. AIA, has been working at the intersection of architecture and city planning for more than twenty years, in both the public and private sectors. Most recently Jeffrey served as the Director of Urban Planning and Design for KPF, a global architecture and planning practice based in NYC. Before that, Jeffrey served as the Chief Urban Designer for NYC, joining the Department of City Planning (DCP) in 2007 under then Commissioner Amanda Burden and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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