Speaker after speaker agreed: Infrastructure would be a good investment especially for cities. The psychiatrist Mindi Fullilove and the doctor Richard Jackson spoke about infrastructure in the context of health and human well being,
"In social psychiatry health comes from connectedness i.e. A sense of shared values". (Mindi Fullilove).
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Panel discussion in the NYT Conference center by Renzo Piano
with open air atrium behind the stage opening a view to 41st Street.
Speaking: Mitchell Silver, NYC Parks Commissioner
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The developers
Jonathan Rose and
Chris Leinberger evoked the "Well Tempered City" and the
social entrepreneur.
NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver spoke about the value of parks ("parks are where you let your brain breathe"), Tyler Duvall , Partner at McKinsey advised about the structural deficiencies in how to deliver infrastructure,
Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans made a fervent case for cities as the places where
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