Join AIA NY and tour guide William M. Singer, AIA, LEED AP BD + D for a walking tour along Manhattan’s 53rd Street corridor. Third Avenue to Sixth Avenue is a benchmark for the development of NYC’s 1961 Zoning Resolution, the nation’s first comprehensive city zoning regulation. In addition to several of NYC’s iconic post-WWII buildings, such as the Lever House and CBS Building, is the creation of “heroic” open public space—the wide-open Seagram Building plaza to the intimate enclosure of the Paley “Vest Pocket” Park. While 53rd Street is primarily a commercial corridor, one finds high-rise and low-rise residential, a house of worship, an iconic hotel, and a globally recognized cultural institution. The underlying theme of the walk will be the post-WWII development of modern urbanism in NYC as demonstrated in the transition from the 1916 Zoning Resolution to respond to a post-WWII economic boom; the development of modern, high-rise office buildings with open office plans; and the increased use of the automobile. The 1961 Zoning Resolution coordinated use and bulk regulations, incorporated parking requirements, and emphasized the creation of open space.

Earn 2 LU / 2 HSW for this event.

Sunday March 23, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
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