Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2021 conference session.
Start Date
12/17/2023
End Date
12/16/2025
Description
Prospect Park is Brooklyn’s flagship park, welcoming more than 10 million visitors each year. Explore recent renovation projects sensitive to the original Olmsted & Vaux plan that meet the needs of the communities that use and border the park today—particularly communities of color, young people, low-income families, and new immigrants.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Urban Planning & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.25
Learning Outcomes
Explore how the Reimagine Prospect Park team deployed a variety of interactive, qualitative and quantitative engagement tools designed to provide users with the inspiration and information needed to give meaningful input about the future of the Rose Garden site.; Identify the guiding principles that were developed by community members and the Alliance to ensure that future development and improvement efforts are founded in key community priorities, as well as site and feasibility factors.; Learn how the design team is working on blending contemporary design into the historic layers of Prospect Park.; Learn about how the Alliance worked to Re:New Prospect Park given the impacts of COVID and highlight the importance of community-centered and focused investment during challenging times.;
Instructors
Christian Zimmerman, FASLA; Nisha Baliga; Sue Donoghue
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects