14 May 2009

Michael Sorkin (www.sorkinstudio.com) sends:

From: "Nemeth, Jeremy" <Jeremy.Nemeth[at]ucdenver.edu>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:24:22 -0600
Subject: Secure Cities website launch

Hope this finds you well. I know you've written about this subject in the past, so I want you to know that the Secure Cities website is now live at:

http://www.securecities.com

The site chronicles a year-long project examining the presence and intensity of security zones in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Security zones are areas of publicly accessible space (e.g. sidewalks, parks, plazas) that are either completely closed to the public or severely limit public access due to security concerns. Using an inventive methodology developed by the project team, we find that, on average, 17% of public space in each city's Civic Center and Financial Districts lies within a security zone.

While I was the principal investigator on the project, the website and the project s innovative software were developed by Michael Hinke <michaelhinke[at]gmail.com> of Decision Support Resources and Geoff Anderson of Cloudshadow Consulting. Michael is a recent graduate of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning

http://www.cudenver.edu/ACADEMICS/COLLEGES/ARCHITECTUREPLANNING/PROGRAMS/
MASTERS/URBANREGIONALPLANNING/Pages/UrbanRegionalPlanning.aspx

(MURP) program at the University of Colorado Denver

http://www.ucdenver.edu/ .

The entire project was supported by a grant from the university s Center for Faculty Development http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/CFD/ .
 
Please take a look at the site and pass on to friends, colleagues, etc. We welcome any comments or suggestions at securecities[at]gmail.com.
 
Sincerely,
Jeremy
 
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Jeremy Németh, PhD   
[http://www.cudenver.edu/Academics/Colleges/ArchitecturePlanning/discover/facultyandstaff/
Pages/N%C3%A9meth_Jeremy.aspx]
Assistant Professor, Planning and Design
Director, Urban Design Program
University of Colorado Denver
303.556.3688