Public Space Lab Guest Lecture Fall ’24: Emily Wiedenhof @ OCT 23TH, 4:00 PM
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.