The season got off to wet and windy start with the launch of Urban Design Week. We started in Brooklyn and while the opening of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Jane’s Carousel wasn’t on the official agenda, there were plenty architecture world heavyweights in attendance. AN‘s Julie Iovine got there early to chat with the architect of the carousel’s pavilion, Jean Nouvel. Later, we popped over to the BMW Guggenheim Lab and with minutes to spare even got to hear a lecture over at the Neighborhood Preservation Center.
The launch of Urban Design Week at the BMW Guggenheim Lab.
The overflowing crowd at Jane’s Carousel.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy President Nancy Webster.
Joan Davidson of the Kaplan Fund.
Architect Jean Nouvel (in black).
Jane Walentas, the Jane of Jane’s Carousel.
Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Myer.
Giuseppe Lignano of LOT-EK.
Design Week board member Tami Hauman with the Design Lab’s architect of record Mark Fiedler of Fiedler Marciano LLP.
Roi Alony and Design Commission VP Signe Nielsen.
Park’s Department Design Chief Charles McKinney.
Pat Courtney’s presentation on Inwood at the Neighborhood Preservation Center
