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The Future of the Public Realm

THUR-B10: Designing the In-between: Streets as Civic Rooms, Local to Global

Thursday, September 17, 2026
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW

Explore how New York City streets are being transformed from traffic corridors into vibrant civic public spaces.Through Paseo Park, Chinatown Connections, and the Future of Fifth projects, learn how community engagement and strategic right-of-way reallocation enable permanent, equitable, multimodal, and climate-resilient streetscape transformations across varied urban contexts and scales.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn how streets can be reframed as civic infrastructure by positioning the ROW as NYC’s largest public space network capable of improving safety, equity, economic vitality, and resilience through innovation.
  • Evaluate how temporary street interventions generate actionable data, performance metrics and community support to inform long-term capital investment and permanent streetscape transformation.
  • Compare neighborhood, regional, and global case studies: Paseo Park, Chinatown Connections, and Future of Fifth; to understand how context-specific design strategies reallocate space, enhance multimodal access, and cultivate place identity.
  • Apply community engagement strategies that inform designs reimagining complex urban corridors as culturally expressive public realms rooted in local stewardship and inclusive planning.