Cynthia Barton and Lance Jay Brown will participate on a panel in New York on 1/8 as part of the AIANY’s Haiti-Habitat competition; Joe Brown will speak at the 2011 VantageForum in Los Angeles on 1/11; Tom Angotti will speak at a special City Council meeting to discuss the potential impacts of allowing Wal-Mart to open stores in New York on 1/12; Claire Weisz will take part in a discussion about the 1999 Van Alen Institute competition TKTS2K on 1/12; and Manhattan’s PS/IS 276 (pictured at left), designed by Richard Dattner’s Dattner Architects, is featured in the AIANY’s Design for Decades exhibit, on view at the Center for Architecture now through 1/22.
10th Breakfast Club
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Institute Fellows gathered at the Center for Architecture this morning, along with several distinguished guests, for a stimulating discussion of land use policy in New York City, and the work of the current Charter Revision Commission. Guests included Councilman Brad Lander, Commission Member Hope Cohen, the Related Companies’ Jay Kriegel, and Hunter College professor Tom Angotti. It was great to see so many of our Fellows at the Club; stay tuned for information about our next event, which should be coming up in September. In the meantime, check out the Facebook photo album from today’s discussion and, if you miss the Club but are still interested in learning more about land use, don’t miss the AIANY’s Land Use Education Forum tonight at 6:00 PM at the Center for Architecture.
New York City Council Testimony
Friday, June 26th, 2009
Institute executive director Olympia Kazi testified in front of the New York City Council Environmental Protection Committee about the package of four bills that mandate energy efficiency upgrades for a great part of the existing NYC building stock. Kazi’s testimony included comments from the third fellows’ Breakfast Club that focused on the Greener Greater Buildings Plan initiative of PlaNYC. The implementation of this plan depends upon the passage of those bills. You may download the [PDF] of the testimony.
