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Andrew Altman served for the past five years as the planning director for Washington D.C. under Mayor Anthony A. Williams, and was recently appointed the first President and Chief Executive Officer of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation founded to guide the ambitious regeneration of the National Capital waterfront. The initiative to reclaim the waterfront of Washington D.C. has been nationally recognized by the American Institute of Architects, the American Planning Association, Places Magazine (ERDA award) and the American Society of Landscape Architects as one of the most innovative urban redevelopment initiatives in the United States.
Mr. Altman was also recently appointed a Visiting Fellow at the
Brookings Institution Center for Metropolitan Policy where he will be
working on the development of a new "Transformative Agenda for Cities" as well as international initiatives on urban development
Mr. Altman has been the recipient of fellowships including the German Marshall Fund Fellowship, the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Lady Davis Fellowship at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
Mr. Altman holds a Masters in City Planning from M.I.T.
Presentation
The Anacostia Waterfront Initiative is a partnership between the federal government and the District of Columbia to create a vision for waterfront areas along the long neglected Anacostia River in Washington DC. Over the last five years this partnership has created a vision for an energized waterfront that will revitalize waterfront neighborhoods, enhance and protect park areas, improve quality of water and environment, and increase access to activities along the waterfront. In order to implement this vision, Washington Mayor Anthony A. Williams recently established the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation (AWC). Andrew Altman, President of the AWC, will discuss the vision for the Anacostia river and how the AWC is working to make this vision a reality. |
