Urban Waterfronts 2012: The Once and Future Waterfront

The Waterfront Center’s 30th International Conference on Urban Waterfront Planning, Development and Culture will be in the Mayflower Renaissance Washington DC Hotel. An all-day program on Friday the 28th and half Saturday the 29th will feature projects and plans that have received “Excellence on the Waterfront” Honor Awards selected by independent, interdisciplinary juries beginning in 1987. Preceding the Conference is an all-day study tour and workshop featuring the multiple waterfronts of Washington, including Georgetown and Washington Harbour, plans for a totally new Southwest waterfront, early developments in the Southeast along the Anacostia River plus the historic Navy Yard. Conference presentations will feature “the best and brightest” in urban planning, design and development plus grassroots citizen efforts. The broad subject areas are The Artistic and Cultural Waterfront, The Commercial and Mixed-Use Waterfront, the Environmental Waterfront and the Public Realm on the Waterfront. www.waterfrontcenter.org On line-registration available.