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Preliminary results of the Bridge Street Corridor Study revealed
Out of the research, Dixon said five guiding principles were created: enhance economic vitality; make the center the heart of the Dublin community; embrace Dublin's natural setting and commitment to sustainability; expand livability choices for Dublin; and create a sense of place that expresses Dublin's commitment to community. (Click here to read the entire article)
2009 Ratensky Lecture to Honor Joan Goody
The 2009 Ratensky Lecture Honoring Joan Goody, FAIA (1935-2009) by her partner David Dixon, FAIA, (Thursday, November 12, 2009)
Joan Goody is recognized by the Ratensky Lecture for lifetime commitment to housing and community design. She graduated from Cornell in 1956 and received her Master of Architecture from Harvard. In 1960 she married Marvin Goody and went to work for his firm, Goody Clancy & Associates and became a partner in 1968. During a period of 4 decades she created a remarkable body of work in housing and community design, paying special attention to the creation of livable spaces and neighborhoods. Her large scale developments contained mixed income residents and a variety of building types where people wanted to live and raise their children, shop and play.
David Dixon, Joan Goody’s long-term partner and the Principal-in-Charge of Planning and Urban Design at Goody, Clancy & Associates, will give the Ratensky Lecture in her honor. He is the 2007 recipient of the national AIA Thomas Jefferson Award and co-author of the new book “Urban Design for an Urban Century”. He writes and speaks frequently on revitalizing neighborhoods and his work extends to creating regional smart-growth guidelines for small and large cities He recently completed the just-accepted master plan for post-Katrina New Orleans.
The annual Ratensky Lecture was initiated by the AIA New York Chapter in 1999 in honor of Samuel Ratensky (1910-1972), an architect and housing official who was responsible for major housing and community planning initiatives in the city from 1946 to 1972, and who served as a mentor to the many architects who worked in his programs. The lecture series honors individuals who, like Sam Ratensky, have made significant lifetime contributions to the advancement of housing and community design.