Zoning the City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges (Part 2)

Excerpts from a one-day conference "Zoning the City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges" sponsored by the New York City Department of City Planning, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College. The event takes place on November 15, 2011, at McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor. [Part I -- 58 min.] Welcome Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, New York City Zoning New York City Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission Panel One: Shaping New York City Zoning, 1961 to the Present Hilary Ballon, Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi; University Professor of Urban Studies and Architecture, NYU Carol Willis, Founder, Director, Curator, The Skyscraper Museum, New York; Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Columbia University Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Moderator: Rick Bell, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York Panel Two: Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century Daniel L. Doctoroff, President and CEO of Bloomberg LP Rosanne Haggerty, President, Community Solutions (CS) Rohit T. Aggarwala, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Moderator: Errol Louis, Host, "Inside City Hall," NY1 Panel Three: Zoning's Role In Addressing Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century: Zoning and the Competitive City Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University Kairos Shen, Chief Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority Moderator: Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists Panel Four: Zoning and the Equitable City Toni Griffin, Professor & Director of the J. Max Bond Center at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY John Rahaim, Director of Planning, City and County of San Francisco Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Five: Zoning and the Sustainable City Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia Jonathan F. P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies Moderator: Jack Nyman, Director, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY [Part II -- 60 min.] Framing the Place of Zoning in Modern Cities Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Panel Six: Zoning and the Physical City Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning & Urban Design, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London Peter Park, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Moderator: Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School Panel Seven: Where Do We Go From Here? Thom Mayne, Founder, Morphosis Robert A. M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture; Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis; Chair, Real Estate Board of New York Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Closing Remarks Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission