Freshkills Park Talks: INNOVATIVE PARKS FOR RESURGENT CITIES, 7/27

DATE: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

LOCATION: The Arsenal, 3rd floor gallery
Fifth Avenue at 64th Street
Manhattan

DETAILS: As part of the Freshkills Park Talks series, a lecture series related to the reclamation and development of Freshkills Park, Peter Harnik, director of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land in Washington, D.C. will discuss transforming unique areas into community parks. For many years, urban parks across the U.S. sank into decay and disuse. However, as cities have begun to rebound - and as evidence of the economic, cultural, and health benefits of parks grows - investment in these valuable facilities has swelled. Many new parks are being built in surprising places-rooftops, old railyards, highway decks, covered reservoirs and widened stream valleys. The leader in the movement is New York City. The urban parks movement is transforming cities for residents, families, commuters and visitors alike.

Peter Harnik, will read from and talk about his new book, Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities, showing the newest ways that "all built out" cities can add much-needed parkland.

Space is limited. To RSVP send an email to rsvp@parks.nyc.gov or call (212) 360-1324. For more information, please visit www.nyc.gov/parks or call 311.