James Corner

The Hudson River Park Trust announced that it is expanding its habitat enhancement efforts through the deployment of an estimated 20 million juvenile oysters along the northern shoreline of the Park's Gansevoort Peninsula.

In New York City and across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected communities of color.

The National Building Museum announced today its partnership with Folger Shakespeare Library, in association with the University of South Carolina, to design the 2020 Summer Block Party exhibition for the Museum's Great Hall. Shakespeare's Playhouse, will be the seventh in the Museum's annual summer series and the stage for Folger Theatre performances from July 4 through September 7, 2020.

 Mempho Music Festival, brought to you by Big River Presents, has announced the lineup for its second edition, which will return to Memphis, Tennessee, on October 6th and 7th, 2018. Nestled in the heart of Shelby Farms Park, Mempho Fest blends today's top performers with Memphis' rich musical history, creating a festival experience filled with music, food, and nature for people of all ages. This year, for the first time ever at Shelby Farms Park, camping and “glamping” options will be available.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ A new book published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy calls for the integration of nature in urban design and planning to make cities and urban infrastructure truly green, sustainable, and resilient.

Chicago Shakespeare Artistic Director Barbara Gaines, Executive Director Criss Henderson and Board Chair Sheli Z. Rosenberg were joined by Navy Pier, Inc. CEO Marilynn Gardner and Board Chair William J. Brodsky as well as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel today to announce the creation of an innovative performance venue, The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare. Construction on the theater begins this spring; Chicago Shakespeare plans to stage its first production in The Yard in the 2017-18 Season.

NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ More than 300 architects, designers, and public officials gathered last night to celebrate the launch ofThe High Line, a new book just published by Phaidon. Co-authored by the project's creative team, landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, and architects Diller, Scofidio + Renfro,The High Lineis the first book to fully chronicle the creation of the world-famous park from the designer's perspective. It is a behind-the-scenes account of the inspiration and creation of New York's beloved public park in the sky.The party was held at The Standard, High Line in New York City.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated the creative industries at a Creativity is GREAT Britain reception earlier today at the private work collective NeueHouse in Manhattan. Hosted by the British Ambassador to the United States of America, Sir Peter Westmacott and the British Consul General to New York, Mr. Danny Lopez, the event recognized the impact of the creative sectors to the UK economy including film, television, publishing, art, architecture, fashion, advertising, music, and design and theatre.

In an innovative development that is affecting Philadelphia as well as some two dozen other cities and towns across the nation, two local organizations - the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe and The Reinvestment Fund - have received grants supporting creative placemaking from an unprecedented new private-public collaboration, ArtPlace (www.artplaceamerica.org).

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty, Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, Council Members Vincent Ignizio and Deborah Rose, Director of the Mayor's Office for Long-Term Planning & Sustainability David Bragdon, representatives from partner City agencies and organizations, and members of the Staten Island community celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Fresh Kills Landfill closing by welcoming a barge of trees and planting them at the future location of the Freshkills Park South Park area.