Herbert Sturz Served under Mayor Koch as Chairman of the New York City Planning Commission and Director of the Department of City Planning from 1980-1986. The subject of the biography A Kind of Genius: Herb Sturz and Society’s Toughest Problems by Sam Roberts, he has help to found more than 20 New York non-profits devoted to social issues from criminal justice reform to affordable housing for the homeless.
Participating Programs
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Times Square Revisited: Urban Planning and Urban Design
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