Panel: East Side of the East River Waterfront

by calendar on April 30, 2008

When
May 6, 2008   6:30 pm   
Where
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Av. (bet. 103rd & 104th Sts.)
Manhattan
Cost
$9; $5 for members of the Museum of the City of New York, students and seniors.
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Notes
Co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance.

The development of the Brooklyn and Queens East River waterfront is underway. Learn about plans to transform former industrial sites to beaches, parks, promenades, and housing. How will infrastructure and transportation improvements meet the demand created by business and residential development? Will there be true waterfront access or “esplanadia”? How will neighborhoods that have always mixed manufacturing and affordable residences survive? Roland Lewis, President and CEO of Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA), will moderate a discussion with Gayle Baron, President of the Long Island City Business Development Corporation and Executive Director of the LIC Business Improvement District; Tom Fox, President and CEO, New York Water Taxi; Milton Puryear, Co-founder, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative; and Phaedra Thomas, Executive Director, South Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation.