Message From the Executive Director | 7/7/09

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly formally presented the NYPD's cogent book of design guidelines, Engineering Security: Protective Design for High Risk Buildings, at...

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Message From the Executive Director | 4/7/09

Rick Bell, FAIA, with Governor Patterson. Marissa Shorenstein On Thursday, 04.02.09, New York State Governor David A. Patterson came to a breakfast meeting...

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Message From the Executive Director | 2/10/09

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at ABNY. Rick Bell Senator Kirsten Gillibrand opened by thanking the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) and its chair, William...

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Message From the Executive Director | 1/27/09

In his 2009 State of the City Address, delivered at Brooklyn College on January 15th, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spoke of creating jobs, strengthening the quality of...

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Message From the Executive Director | 1/27/09

(Continued from above) Mayor Bloomberg recalled those years in his State of the City speech: "Until recently, the New Deal and the 1930s seemed like a distant memory --...

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Message From the Executive Director | 6/10/08

Philadelphia's new Center for Architecture. Courtesy AIA Philadelphia AIA Philadelphia celebrated the ribbon-cutting ceremonial opening of its Center for...

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Message From the Executive Director | 5/13/08

On May 6, the Governmental Operations Committee of the New York City Council tacitly agreed with the architects and engineers packing the City Hall committee hearing...

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Message From the Executive Director | 3/4/08

Frances Hesselbein speaks at Grassroots about breaking down hierarchies. Karen Plunkett, AIA "I don't know what to say, I have no speech," were the opening words of...

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Message From the Executive Director | 3/4/08

(continued from above) We all learned from some top word-warriors, including General Henry Shelton, the retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who defined...

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Message From the Executive Director | 12/4/07

(l-r): Consul General Dr. Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth, Daniel Libeskind, AIA, Nina Libeskind, and Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit. Courtesy...

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Message From the Executive Director | 9/18/07

Dara McQuillan of Silverstein Properties counts down until CD sets for the east bathtub are complete. Rick Bell Larry Silverstein's remarks were on target. He spoke...

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Message From the Executive Director | 9/5/07

Access Living’s new headquarters in Chicago. Courtesy www.accessliving.org In describing the building he designed in Chicago for Access Living, a national...

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Message From the Executive Director | 6/26/07

Speaking at the New York Building Congress breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental on June 19, The Port Authority of NY & NJ Executive Director Anthony E. Shorris led off...

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Message From the Executive Director | 5/1/07

Jean Nouvel, Hon. FAIA, gives a tour of 40 Mercer Street, under construction. Rick Bell, FAIA Architect Jean Nouvel, Hon. FAIA, was honored April 9, on the...

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Message From the Executive Director | 2/23/07

Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez. Doug Gordon Grassroots, the AIA's annual legislative and leadership conference, took place this month in Washington,...

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