Accessibility in Historic Structures, Districts and Landscapes

Join HDC for this panel discussion on accessible design in the built environment, with a special focus on historic structures and scenic landmarks. With co-sponsorship from AIA Brooklyn, HDC is convening this panel as an extension of our work reviewing proposals at the LPC, which includes numerous proposals each year seeking to make buildings, sites, and parks accessible.
Bringing together panelists who steward historic structures, as well as panelists who work at the forefront of inclusive design, this panel helps promote accessibility solutions for designated places. Panelists discuss their work making New York’s historic structures and landscapes accessible, and their efforts to bring new forms of accessibility (such as neuro-inclusive design) to adaptive reuse projects and new construction both within and outside of historic districts.
The panel includes Giulietta Fiore, Deputy Director of the Historic House Trust; Danise Levine, creator of Universal Design New York 2 for the NYC Department of Design and Construction; Irina Verona, of Verona Carpenter Architects, a firm that focuses on neuro-inclusive design and is moderated by HDC Adviser Corey Spitzer, Project Manager of Facilities and Construction at the Bronx Zoo, and President of the Association for Preservation Technology Northeast Chapter.
thumbnail image courtesy of the Historic House Trust

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"Vital topic-making historic spaces accessible ensures everyone can appreciate them!"