Building Congress hosts 100 construction designers.The New York Building Congress recently hosted more than 100 design, construction and real estate industry representatives on a tugboat tour of the East River waterfront. The purpose of the event was to review development opportunities and priorities for the region's underutilized waterfront. Featured public sector speakers included New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Planning Commission Chair Amanda Burden; New York City Economic Development Corporation Overview New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is a non-profit local development corporation that promotes economic growth across New York City's five boroughs. C.O.O. Joshua Sirefman, Queens West Development Corporation President Alexander P. Federbush; Brooklyn Navy Yard The United States Navy Yard, New York - better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY) - is located 1.7 miles northeast of the Battery on the Brooklyn side of the East River in Wallabout Basin, a semicircular bend of the East River Development Corp. President Eric Deutsch, and Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp. President-Designate James Lima. Featured speakers from the real estate and construction community included Building Congress Chairman Marilyn Jordan Taylor, who also is Chairman of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897–1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903–84), and John O. Merrill (1896–1975). , and Building Congress Economic Development Committee Co-Chairmen Daniel R. Tishman, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Tishman Realty and Construction, and Robert E. Selsam, Senior Vice President of Boston Properties. The tour included views of sites along the waterfront at Long Island City, Queens Long Island City (often abbreviated L.I.C.) is the western-most neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded on the north and west by the East River; on the east by Hazen Street, 49th Street West, Greenpoint/Williamsburg, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, DUMBO, Governors Is land and Lower Manhattan. "New York City's waterfronts are indeed a new frontier, and the East River contains many of the best locations (for development) left in the City. We are all very lucky to have Amanda Burden as Chair of the City Planning Commission at this important moment," noted Tishman. |
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