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Setting the Stage: Designing Shared Spaces for Public Life

New York is a city of many different publics; every park, every street, every traffic island is home to myriad overlapping communities, each with their own interests, customs and needs. The mixing of people from every imaginable walk of life is what gives this city’s public realm its incomparable energy. It is New Yorkers, in short, who make New York, New York.

Creating public spaces intended to serve so many different communities at once is a tall order. On May 19th, the final day of the citywide NYCxDESIGN celebration, join Open House New York for a discussion about public space design in contemporary New York. Hear from the people working on some of the most heavily used destinations in the city about how they’re tackling the challenge. With panelists Claire Fellman, principal, Snøhetta; Regina Myer, president, Brooklyn Bridge Park; Tim Tompkins, president, Times Square Alliance; and Matt Urbanski, principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc; and moderator Katie Dixon, board member, Open House New York

Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003

This program is part of a special series being organized by Open House New York, the Times Square Alliance / Times Square Arts, and Brooklyn Bridge Park as part of the 2015 NYCxDESIGN celebration. Click here to read more about the series.

Reservations for this event are free for OHNY members and $10 for the general public. Non-member tickets are non-refundable. Should you not be able to attend, the full price of unused tickets may be treated as a donation to Open House New York and is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.











When: Tue., May. 19, 2015 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Open House New York
Venues vary
212-991-6470
Price: $10
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New York is a city of many different publics; every park, every street, every traffic island is home to myriad overlapping communities, each with their own interests, customs and needs. The mixing of people from every imaginable walk of life is what gives this city’s public realm its incomparable energy. It is New Yorkers, in short, who make New York, New York.

Creating public spaces intended to serve so many different communities at once is a tall order. On May 19th, the final day of the citywide NYCxDESIGN celebration, join Open House New York for a discussion about public space design in contemporary New York. Hear from the people working on some of the most heavily used destinations in the city about how they’re tackling the challenge. With panelists Claire Fellman, principal, Snøhetta; Regina Myer, president, Brooklyn Bridge Park; Tim Tompkins, president, Times Square Alliance; and Matt Urbanski, principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc; and moderator Katie Dixon, board member, Open House New York

Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003

This program is part of a special series being organized by Open House New York, the Times Square Alliance / Times Square Arts, and Brooklyn Bridge Park as part of the 2015 NYCxDESIGN celebration. Click here to read more about the series.

Reservations for this event are free for OHNY members and $10 for the general public. Non-member tickets are non-refundable. Should you not be able to attend, the full price of unused tickets may be treated as a donation to Open House New York and is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Buy tickets/get more info now