THE GARMENT DISTRICT

Tuesday, 11/17: The Garment District What is the future of New York City’s Garment District? MAGDA ABOULFADL, Member, Manhattan Community Board 5 BARRY DINERSTEIN, Senior Planner, New York City Department of City Planning STAN HERMAN, Former President, Council of Fashion Designers of America PATRICK MURPHY, Head of Fashion/Retail Growth Initiatives, New York City Economic Development Corporation BARBARA RANDALL, President, Fashion Center Business Improvement District Moderated by VISHAAN CHAKRABARTI, Director, Real Estate Development Program and Marc Holliday Professor of Real Estate Development, Columbia GSAPP Sponsored by DRY Soda Co. Free and open to the public RSVP: [email protected] Studio-X 180 Varick Street, STE 1610 between King and Charleton Streets 1 train to Houston Street [Studio-X is a downtown studio for experimental design and research run by the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University.]