AIANY Around Manhattan Architecture

Highlights, topics and themes of the AIANY tour include:

• Exploration of planning visions for both reclaiming the post-industrial waterfront, as the "6th Borough", and addressing rising sea levels
• Insightful coverage of Manhattan's classic spires, including the Chrysler and Woolworth Buildings, as well as a sharp focus on the new World Trade Center buildings and recent local, national, and international award-winning architects; including buildings by Frank Gehry and other noted international and local architects
• The greater waterfront access allowed by new parks and recreation piers including the ecologically driven features designed by leading landscape architects
• The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the newest waterfront monument: Roosevelt Island's FDR Four Freedoms Park
• NYC's engineering masterpieces: the Brooklyn and George Washington Bridges as well as lesser known "swing bridges" along the Harlem River
• The adaptation of the Highline as an elevated, linear park and its role in the development of West Chelsea and Hudson Yards.
• The story of post WWII urban renewal and public housing along the waterfronts of the Lower East Side and East Harlem.