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Brooklyn Bridge Park and lifelong neighbourhoods

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1 August 2024

Episode 668

30 minutes


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We speak with the landscape architect behind Brooklyn Bridge Park, one of New York’s most exciting public spaces. Plus: we see what makes a location liveable, from youth through to adulthood, by way of a recent survey on lifelong neighbourhoods in London.

1 August 2024

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Chapter 1

17 minutes


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Chapter 1

Brooklyn Bridge Park

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Michael van Valkenburgh talks us through the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park, as we explore a recent monograph outlining how he turned this piece of unused concrete into a thriving public space in New York.

17 minutes

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Chapter 2

11 minutes


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Chapter 2

Lifelong neighbourhoods

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Jude Harris from Jestico + Whiles discusses the company’s most recent survey, which explores London communities to see what makes them liveable, from youth through to old age.

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