- Maintaining (2017) - Page 3 of 3 - Urban Design Forum
Maintaining (2017) Countless acts of routine maintenance shape New York City every day, yet often go unnoticed until something goes wrong This year, the Urban Design Forum invites you to consider new ways to sustain our public realm How can we use design thinking, creative financing, new technology, and community organizing to maintain our physical and social infrastructure?
- Vision for a Better City - Urban Design Forum
A new mayor means a new chapter for New York City — and a chance to build a fairer, healthier city for everyone who calls this place home Over the past year, our community of civic leaders came together to talk about what New Yorkers need most We heard a clear message, outlined in our Vision for a Better City: people want safe streets and joyful public spaces, stable and affordable housing
- Big Swings (2025) - Urban Design Forum
The next cohort of Global Exchange Fellows will continue to build solidarity between New York City and cities across the globe taking “big swings” at their housing crises Our Global Exchange fellowship for mid-career leaders surveys the world for bold solutions to New York City’s most intractable problems The 2025 fellowship will invest in 40 leaders across design, development, policy
- Book Launch | Maintaining: Public Works in the Next New York
Our latest publication, Maintaining: Public Works in the Next New York, pairs bold ideas from leading architects, planners, developers and advocates in New York with informative case studies from 17 cities around the world
- Gowanus: A Case Study - Urban Design Forum
About Maintaining ↓ Help us craft a vision for maintaining New York City! Gowanus: A Case Study is the third program of Maintaining, a year-long inquiry into strengthening New York City’s physical and social infrastructure Share your ideas about how to care for New York City’s public assets Feature image courtesy of ↓ Tod Seelie
- Conversations with the Candidates: Zellnor Myrie (New Date)
Our goal is to create an open and collegial venue for deeper conversation between the public sector and our network of civic leaders building, caring for, and maintaining our city
- Expanding Non-Speculative Housing to Sustain Affordability for . . .
Housing in New York City is defined by scarcity, punishingly high costs, and a lack of long-term planning A successful housing system would sustain affordability for generations by building and maintaining housing outside the for-profit market Global cities provide models of scaling non-speculative housing through collective ownership, land cost regulations, and self-sustaining financing
- Maintaining (2017) - Page 2 of 3 - Urban Design Forum
Maintaining: Public Works in the Next New York In 2017-18, we invited our Fellows and other experts to consider the question of maintaining New York City’s essential infrastructure: its open spaces, roadways, subway stations, public housing, commercial corridors, and green infrastructure
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