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Meditations on the 100th Anniversary of New York City’s Zoning Resolution

MIDTOWN WEST CHARRETTE | Project NY

The far west side of Midtown Manhattan (Midtown West) is undergoing an unprecedented growth in large-scale development. The resulting demand for increased services will have long-term effects on the urban infrastructure and quality of life of the area’s inhabitants, workers, and visitors. Hence, the neighborhood’s ability to adapt to these dramatic changes is challenged by the growing demands for a sustainable quality of life, from efficient mobility to pollution/noise mitigation, climate resilience and adequate community services.

The aim of the Midtown West Charrette is to generate ideas that will lead to a conceptual planning framework and growth model for this rapidly changing district. The charrette will engage stakeholders and practitioners to evaluate urban design models, land use patterns, infrastructure frameworks, and building growth and suggest systematized paths of change. Results will be framed as a statement of context for future individual projects in the area. The Midtown West Charrette is the first in a series of events for the Project NY initiative, organized by the AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee.

______________________________________ AIANY Planning & Urban Design Committee The AIA P&UD Committee is a platform for practitioners and communities to test innovative strategies and advocate for livable neighborhoods – An initiative of P&UD, Project New York, will encompass a series information gathering and idea generation events, including Project Midtown West, to reveal the planning and urban design priorities of New York City.

P&UD Co-Chairs Jonathan Marvel FAIA, Principal, Marvel Architects Jeffrey Raven, FAIA, Director, Graduate Program in Urban + Regional Design, NYIT / Raven A+U Ernest Watson Hutton, FAICP, Assoc AIA, Principal, Hutton Associates / Planning Interaction