We would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their participation, guidance and support throughout the project.
Cornell’s Engaged Learning and Research and the Department of City and Regional Planning for generous support for this project.
Andres Andujar, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corporation (HPARC), CEO for his guidance and input on the project throughout its duration and participation in the final presentation.
Bob Balder, Cornell University Art, Architecture, and Planning NYC Program, Executive Director and the entire AAP NYC Fall Semester 2014 Class for their participation and help with park analysis.
Thomas Campanella, Associate Professor, Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning for the drone demonstration.
Jeff Chusid, Associate Professor, Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning for his presentations on Cultural Landscapes and Building Preservation.
Layne Cubell, City of Seattle, Seattle Center Planning, for her interview on the environmental sustainability framework for Seattle Center.
Deborah Daoust, City of Seattle, Seattle Center Director of Communications for her invaluable interview on the current state of Seattle Center and its financial sustainability.
Sam Holleran, Design Trust for Public Space, Participatory Design Fellow, for his class presentation and introduction to wayfinding in the park.
John Krawchuk, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Director of Historic Preservation for his tour of the park and consultation of historic preservation issues with the park.
Marit Larson, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Natural Resources Group, Director of Wetlands Restoration, and her tour of sustainability issues within the park.
Kathleen McCarthy, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Wetland Restoration Project Manager for her participation and input in the Final Presentation.
Janice Melnick, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Administrator for her help and guidance throughout the project, tour of the park, and participation in the final presentation.
Elizabeth Muller, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University, Assistant Director for Technical Services and Curator of Digital and Media Collections for her with the acquisition and analysis of World’s Fairs’ materials for use in the project.
Melissa Poulin, Meira Berkower, & Peter Carlo, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation for their help and provision of NYC GIS Datasets for further analysis of Flushing-Meadows Corona Park.
Matthew Silva & Salmaan Khan, Co-Founders of People For The Pavilion for their knowledge and presentation on the endless possibilities for adaptive reuse of the New York State Pavilion.
Alex Steinberger, Fregonese Associates for his help and consultation with the Envision Tomorrow Scenario Planning software.
Ling Wang, Visiting Scholar from Shanghai Jiao Tong University for her presentation on the Beijing Olympics and Shanghai Expo sites