Hope Cohen speaks at Institute for Urban Design breakfast club

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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.


IFUD Breakfast Club

RPA Center for Urban Innovation

The Center for Urban Innovation pursues sensible, pragmatic approaches to urban development. Rising above the ideological debates that have gotten in the way of actually solving the many difficult problems facing cities, CUI focuses on the major trends that are...

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Julia Vitullo-Martin
Julia Vitullo-Martin is a Senior Fellow at the Regional Plan Association and Director of the Center for Urban Innovation. Her work focuses on development issues such as planning and zoning, housing, waterfront development, environmental review, building and fire codes, and...
Hope Cohen
Hope Cohen is associate director of RPA's Center for Urban Innovation. Before coming to RPA, Cohen was deputy director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Rethinking Development, where she focused principally on issues of urban environment and infrastructure, publishing...

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