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    Symposium Announced Recognizing 100th Anniversary of City’s Zoning Resolution

    Continuing Legal Education  •  New York City Bar Association
    Image credit: New York City Bar Association

    Image credit: New York City Bar Association

    A centennial symposium will celebrate the Nation’s first comprehensive zoning resolution: Leaders will look to past and future impact of zoning on the shaping of better cities. The Department of City Planning, in partnership with the New York City Bar Association, announced an all-day symposium titled Zoning at 100: A Symposium for the Future to take place on September 15, 2016. The symposium marks the 100th anniversary of the City’s Zoning Resolution which, when established in 1916, was the Nation’s first comprehensive regulation controlling land use and development.

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    Tags : Carl Weisbrod, City Planning Commission, City’s Zoning Resolution, David Karnovsky, Gifford Miller, Jerold Kayden, Maurice Cox, New York City Bar Association, NYC Zoning Resolution, zoning resolution
    Date:09/01/2016
    Category : Department Of City Planning
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    History in the Making: The New York City Landmarks Law at 50

    NYC Landmark Law  •  Citywide
    From Left to Right: Paul Selver, Jerold Kayden, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Kent Barwick. Image Credit: LPC

    From Left to Right: Paul Selver, Jerold Kayden, Meenakshi Srinivasan, Kent Barwick. Image Credit: LPC

    Speakers spoke of the different priorities of City government and other stakeholders, examined preservation strategies of municipalities nationwide, and considered changes in the legal landscape that could affect landmarking. On October 26, 2015, , Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and Jerold Kayden, Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, co-hosted an event titled “History in the Making: The New York City Landmarks Law at 50.” The event held at the New York City Bar Association consisted of multiple addresses and panels intended to provoke and challenge common assumptions and perceptions regarding historic preservation as the City’s landmarks law enters the second half of its first century. (read more…)

    Tags : Alicia Glen, Anne Van Ingen, Ellen Lipsey, Jerold Kayden, Kent Barwick, Marci Hamilton, Mark Silberman, Maurice Cox, Meenakshi Srinivasan, NYC City Bar Association, Paul Selver, Peter Byrne, Rick Cook, Two Trees Management, William Cook
    Date:11/10/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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