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This Wednesday, May 14 at 6pm, The Municipal Art Society and the Campaign for Community-Based Planning present the final forum in the series “Creating the City We All Want: A Roadmap”:
“David vs. Goliath: Neighborhood Planning in the Face of Large-Scale Development”:
Many observers opine that community-driven plans—official and approved through a city process or unofficial but widely recognized—are no real hedge against unwanted development. But in the cases of West Harlem, Midtown East, and Atlantic Yards, would developers have had carte blanche without community plans? How do community planners believe alternative plans can be more effective? How can alternative plans guarantee that future development will fit consensus-based neighborhood visions? We’ll look at some recent cases—West Harlem, Midtown East, and Prospect Heights/Fort Greene—where developer-driven plans threaten to undermine community vision, and examine the place of community-based planning in these struggles.
Panelists: Anthony Borelli, Director of Land Use, Planning, and Development for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer; Marshall Brown, Architect/planner for the UNITY Plan for Atlantic Yards; Candace Carponter, Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods; Jordi Reyes-Montblanc, former Chairman, Manhattan Community Board 9; and Ed Rubin, Land Use Chair, Manhattan Community Board 6.
Moderator: Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, Executive Director, El Diario/La Prensa.
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP to rsvp@mas.org or 212-935-2075.
Funding for the Campaign has been provided by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.
