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Forum Board Members Paul Goldberger and Michael Sorkin recount their history with and the merits of Trump Tower in an interview with Jim O'Grady from WNYC.

Louise Carroll, Class of 2016 Fellow, is a proponent of affordable housing in NYC with her work on the Inclusionary Housing Program at HPD.

Eric Fang, Class of 2016 Fellow, helped design Arverne by the Sea, the largest urban waterfront renewal site in the United States.

Diana Chapin, Class of 2016 Fellow, is safeguarding buildings that represent NYC's architectural, cultural, and political history.

Richard Anderson reflects on his accomplishments since taking over the NYBC in 1994.

Anabelle Selldorf details her work on a collaborative master plan in Taiwan initiated by Fellow Calvin Tsao.

Fellow Adam Lubinsky envisages residential-based EV car sharing as the catalyst for widespread EV usage in NYC.

Fellow Polly Trottenberg unveiled the Chrystie Street protected bike lane, allowing riders to bike from Downtown Brooklyn across the Manhattan Bridge.

Fellow Michael Kwartler elucidates why blocks and intersections receive different amounts of sunlight throughout New York City for the New York Times.

John Clifford, Class of 2016 Fellow, is the lead architect for Industry City, a 35-acre 'innovation ecosystem' and creative space.

Purnima Kapur, Class of 2016 Fellow and Executive Director of the DCP, is instrumental in implementing the Mayor's MIH plan to increase affordable housing in NYC.

Fellow Frederick Steiner envisions an amplified sanctuary city concept to include learning, health, safety, inclusion, and environmental quality.

Lucrecia Montemayor contributed to an RPA report examining the threats to the Tri-State area by coastal flooding.

Stefan Al investigates Hong Kong's vertical urbanism with "expresscalators" crisscrossing mesmerizing atriums, raising questions about architecture, city planning, culture and urban life.

Matthew Lasner's latest book, Affordable Housing in New York, receives laudatory comments for its humanistic history of NYC's below-market housing.

Milton Puryear is advancing the development of the Brooklyn Greenway, a 14 mile route connecting neighborhoods parks along the Brooklyn waterfront.

Stephen Whitehouse is transforming New Jersey's Southwest Block 12 from a parking lot into a resilient urban park with storm-water storage.

How can we use design thinking, creative financing, new technology, and community organizing to maintain our physical and social infrastructure?

Mark Lamster writes a letter illustrating the litany of issues Ben Carson confronts as HUD Secretary.

Sam Schwartz devised the Brooklyn-Queens Connector - a much-needed connection for city commuters.

Kai-Uwe Bergman details BIG U - the second phase of the City's LMCR project.

Carlos Arnaiz develops the first BRT system in the Philippines.

Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown conceptualized the Living Room - a new vision for communal development in China.

Adam Lubinsky facilitated the development of the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan, a local effort to preserve affordable housing stock, open space, and the community's cultural heritage.