Influential New York City planner, Alexander Garvin, died last week at his home in Manhattan at the age of 80. A passionate advocate for the public realm, Garvin worked as a planner under five different mayoral administrations. In addition to his work for the city, Garvin dabbled briefly in architecture, worked in real estate development in the 1980s and 1990s, and authored several books on planning. Beginning in 1967, he taught “Introduction to the Study of the City” at Yale, influencing generations of planners and urbanists.
“The streets, squares, parks, infrastructure and public buildings make up the fundamental element in any community,” he told The New York Times in a 2011 interview, “[They are] the framework around which everything else grows.”
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