Last Thursday, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance hosted its annual conference aboard a Hornblower cruise ship that spent the afternoon sailing around New York harbor while panels and speakers discussed the future of New York’s waterfront. It’s a topic that has been front and center since former Mayor Bloomberg dubbed the city’s waterfront and waterways “the sixth borough” in Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan. One of the panels, moderated by MWA Director of Outreach and Planning, Michael Porto, discussed design guidelines for the waterfront edge. Taking MWA’s Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG) as a starting point, panelists that included Andrew Winters, Director of Capital Projects and Planning for Cornell NYC Tech, Regina Myer, president of Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Joel Bergstein, President of Lincoln Equities Group, discussed how their projects reflected WEDG principles. Cornell NYC Tech Cornell Tech is going to be located on Roosevelt Island, replacing the Coler-Goldwater hospital complex that is currently under… Read More