[URBANTH-L]ANN: Refashioning Urban Spaces in Paris and New York

[Angela Jancius]

REFASHIONING URBAN SPACES IN PARIS AND NEW YORK FOR THE 21st CENTURY

April 28-29, 2006

A conference co-sponsored by the Urban Studies Program of Fordham
University, La Maison Française of NYU and the Institute of French 
Studies of NYU

Some of the most ambitious redevelopment plans in recent memory, from 
the makeover of Les Halles to the reconstruction of the World Trade 
Center site, are transforming Paris and New York. This conference will 
analyze the most current urban design initiatives as innovative 
representations of urban space and landscape. The significance of these 
projects and the astonishing public interest in them provide an 
unprecedented opportunity for reflection. They bring into focus all the 
strengths and weaknesses of global capital cities and the unique 
qualities of urban life in Paris and New York. They challenge us to 
enhance our understanding of these two extraordinary places and their 
possibilities for the future.

*Friday, April 28, 9:30am-12:30pm: Principal Design Projects in Paris
and New York*

Nicolas Michelin (Ecole d'architecture de Versailles), Philippe Panerai 
(Ecole d'architecture Paris-Malaquais), Kent Barwick (Municipal Art 
Society), Rosemary Wakeman (Fordham)

*Friday, April 28, 2:00-5:00pm: Connecting City and Metropolis*

Chair: Annie Fourcaut (Centre d'Histoire Sociale du XXè siècle, Paris 
I), Kent Barwick (Municipal Art Society), Jean-Louis Cohen (NYU), Susan 
Fainstein (Columbia), Philippe Panerai (Ecole d'architecture 
Paris-Malaquais), Thierry Paquot (Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris)

*Saturday, April 29 , 9:30am-12:30pm: Public Space and the Uses of the
City*

Chair: Sharon Zukin (CUNY Graduate Center), Ayala Fader (Fordham), 
David Harvey (CUNY Graduate Center), Patrice Higonnet (Harvard), 
Thierry Paquot (Institut d'urbanisme de Paris), Richard Sennett (NYU & LSE)

*Saturday, April 29 , 2:00-5:00pm: Beyond Postmodernism in Urban Design*

Chair: Anthony Vidler (Cooper Union), Colin Cathcart (Fordham), David 
Harvey (CUNY Graduate Center), Nicolas Michelin (Ecole d'architecture 
de Versailles), Gwendolyn Wright (Columbia)

Participants:

Jean-Louis Cohen, Professeur des universités, Université de Paris VII, 
Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, Institute of 
Fine Arts, New York University
Annie Fourcaut, Professeur d'Histoire contemporaine, Director, Centre 
d'histoire sociale du XXè siècle, Université de Paris I
Patrice Higonnet, Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, 
Harvard University
Nicolas Michelin, Architect & Urban Designer, Director, Ecole 
d'architecture de Versailles
Philippe Panerai, Architect & Urban Designer, Professeur des 
universités, Ecole d'architecture Paris Malaquais
Thierry Paquot, Professeur des universités, Institut d'urbanisme de 
Paris, Paris XII, Editor, Revue Urbanisme

Kent Barwick, President, Municipal Art Society
Colin Cathcart, Associate Professor, Pre-Architecture & Visual Arts, 
Fordham University
Ayala Fader, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Fordham University
Susan Fainstein, Professor of Urban Planning Chair, Graduate School of 
Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology, City University 
Graduate Center
Richard Sennett, Professor, University Professor of the Humanities 
Sociology, New York University
Anthony Vidler, Dean and Professor, Irwin S. Chanin School of 
Architecture, Cooper Union
Gwendolyn Wright, Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning 
and Preservation, Columbia University
Sharon Zukin, Broeklundian Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn College and 
City University Graduate Center

La Maison Française of NYU
16 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
212-998-8750

*Free and open to the public. Seating is limited and on a first come 
first, served basis*

Conference Organizers:
Herrick Chapman
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Institute of French Studies, New York University
15, Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003-6694
http://www.nyu.edu/fas/program/frenchstudies/
herrick.chapman at nyu.edu <mailto:herrick.chapman at nyu.edu>

Rosemary Wakeman
Associate Professor, Director
Urban Studies Program, Fordham University
113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
http://www.fordham.edu/urbanstudies
rwakeman at fordham.edu <mailto:rwakeman at fordham.edu>


Frédéric Viguier
Assistant Director
Institute of French Studies
New York University
<fv6 at nyu.edu>