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Mayor de Blasio with Mitchell Silver, New York’s new parks commissioner. Photo by Nancy Linn. Seward Park never looked so clean! City workers were on the job first thing this morning to spruce up the western edge of the park along Essex Street in anticipation of a visit by the mayor. A few hours later, a sizable group of local residents had gathered near the Schiff Fountain, awaiting a press conference to announce the appointment of Mitchell Silver as the city’s new parks commissioner. During brief remarks, both de Blasio and Silver, previously Raleigh, North Carolina’s head of city pla...

Seward Park is not only one of the Lower East Side’s most heavily used public spaces, but as this country’s oldest municipal playground, it also has historical significance. Mayor de Blasio recognized this fact last spring when he used the park as a backdrop to announce Mitchell Silver would be his Parks Commissioner.  But in recent months, neighborhood activists say, the park has suffered from neglect and is on a downward slide. We recently got a detailed look at some of the maintenance issues with Amy Robinson and Linda Jones of the Friends of Seward Park.  During our walk-through,  ...

Berkeley Forum hosts conversation on sustainable cities David McAllister/Staff Speakers discussed the reimagination of sustainable cities, Singaporean urban planning and New York City’s green spaces at a Berkeley Forum event Wednesday. Three speakers discussed the reimagination of sustainable cities, Singaporean urban planning and New York City’s green spaces at a Berkeley Forum event Wednesday, also touching on redlining and public health inequities in the United States. Clara Irazábal, director of the University of Maryland Urban Studies and Planning Program, began the discussion with ...

Seward Park. Last week, Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times was critical of a plan advanced by State Sen. Daniel Squadron to require wealthy park conservancies to contribute funds to needy parks. In arguing that Mayor de Blasio’s $130 million program to spruce up 35 small parks in low income neighborhoods is far too tepid, he said this of Squadron’s proposal: …(De Blasio) still at least pretends to entertain the knuckle-headed demand of State Senator Daniel L. Squadron, a Democrat, that private park conservancies fork over money for public parks lacking patron saints. The idea put p...

Sponsored Listing Image by George Washington University used with permission. The global pandemic and the social unrest have exposed inequities into our communities that have existed for generations. As we plan, design and manage for more diverse communities, how do we create more equitable, inclusive and accessible places? We rarely consider what we mean by these terms. How do we know if we are making places equitable? How do we define inclusion and who does that welcome? George Washington University is hosting a webinar about planning and designing for equity. Join Mitchell Silver, Com...