Lecture by Emily Wiedenhof, Assistant Commissioner, Public Realm

 

Details:

Wednesday, October 23th, 2024

4:00 – 6:00 PM (EST)

Star Foundation Hall, University Center,

66 W 12th Street, New York, NY.

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Emily Weidenhof serves as the assistant commissioner of public realm at NYC DOT

working closely with community organizations throughout the five boroughs to

transform their streets as public space. Her focus for over a decade has been

strengthening communities through the creation of plazas and shared streets to

retooling the curb lane to innovative programming and concessions as well as the

comprehensive Broadway Vision Plan, which employs a range of tools to reimagine

the corridor from Union Square to Columbus Circle to prioritize pedestrians and

cyclists. Emily has worked as an architect and urban designer in Pennsylvania, New

Jersey, and New York including at the NYC Department of City Planning. Emily

received her B. Arch from the Pennsylvania State University and her M.S. in Arch &

Urban Design from Columbia University where she was an adjunct assistant

professor of architecture and taught for five years with the MSAUD Studio.

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This event has been organized by Miodrag Mitrasinovic for the School of Design Strategies’ Public Space Lab. It is free and open to faculty, staff, students and the general public.