Vishaan Chakrabarti will be participating in a panel discussion at the COD Spring Conference "Big Cties, Big Ideas" in New York. His Op-Ed in The New York Times on April 16th is still garnering comments:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/opinion/americas-urban-future.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0 Certain to be discussed among the panel are the policies New York is presently generating to increase its urban density, infrastructure and amenities. As he states: "With millions of Americans already gravitating toward cities, the real question is what it means for our collective future, and how we respond."
What questions would you pose to Mr. Chakrabarti, if you had the opportunity?
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Ann Thompson
Essex Library Association
Essex CT
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