Dan Barasch, On Reclaiming and Transforming Abandoned Spaces

Company Conversations with Dan Barasch

Dan Barasch, a pioneer in the field of “Urban Futurism”, is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Lowline, where he created and led a high profile non-profit social enterprise to build the world’s first underground park, using emerging solar technology and equitable public design. For over a decade, he has helped uncover global enthusiasm for the power of technology to improve our cities, adaptive re-use of aging urban infrastructure, and the vast potential of forgotten underground spaces.

He has held leadership roles at Google, UNICEF, PopTech, the 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and within New York City government. He began his career producing international affairs programming at the World Affairs Council, where he co-produced the weekly National Public Radio show “It’s Your World.”