August 17, 2010
by: Emily Nemens

In this issue:
· Media Roundup
· Registration Open for AIA-NJ’s East Coast Green
· eCalendar


Media Roundup
Rick Bell on NPR’s Morning Edition
Last week, AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA, spoke to Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep about the proposed Islamic Cultural Center, slated to be built on Park Place in downtown Manhattan.

AIANY’s Boat Tours featured in the New York Times
This weekend, the New York Times reviewed AIANY’s “Around Manhattan Official NYC Architectural Tour,” with an article and video. Tickets for sailings, scheduled through December 2010, are available here [].

Our Cities Ourselves on NY1
The Center for Architecture’s current exhibition, “Our Cities Ourselves,” was featured on Monday morning’s news on NY1. The exhibition is now on view through 09.15.10.



Registration open for AIA-NJ’s East Coast Green

AIA New Jersey Chapter and the AIA-NJ Committee on the Environment are planning East Coast Green, to be held 09.16-17.10 at Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. Early bird registration is available through 08. 20.10. The conference, with keynote speakers Bill Reed (Regenesis, Delving Deeper, Integrative Design Collaborative), Ed Mazria (Architecture 2030), and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance), will cover Legislation, Codes/Metrics, Planning, Buildings, and Tectonics, and how local architects are responding to the AIA’s 2030 challenge. It is organized to coincide with AIA-NJ’s annual Design Day, also taking place on 09.16.10 at Bally’s Atlantic City.


eCALENDAR
eCalendar includes an interactive listing of architectural events around NYC. Click the link to go to to eCalendar on the Web.

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