SELF QUIZ — Ten Questions on Bryant Park(click to open pdf)
RECOMMENDATIONS for extra viewing/reading
- CHRONOLOGY of Bryant Park History, (click on the image below):
In the 1930s, Bryant Park as an outdoor reading area provided by the New York Public Library (Photo: NYPL library collection)
- BOOK: A (short) urban planning classic with William Whyte’s landmark research that produced formulas for public space design–The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, by William Whyte https://www.pps.org/product/the-social-life-of-small-urban-spaces/
- AUDIO: An extended interview with Dan Biederman, the leading figure behind the Bryant Park Corporation and one of the most important urbanists in the world today. ‘On the Bloomberg Radio program, “Masters in Business with Larry Ritholtz” aired 2016. https://assets.bwbx.io/av/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/vujA.OGYy2QU/v2.mp3
- WEBSITE: Bryant Park Corporation http://bryantpark.org/
- VIDEO: Interview with the head of the Landscape Architecture firm that helped in the restoration of Central Park–Laurie Olin Projects, June 2012 interview conducted by Charles A. Birnbaum, “Bryant Park” (4:20 minutes)
Neighborhood Effects: People and Organizations that Make Parks Better 