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NEA Awards Hartford $250,000 Grant for iQuilt plan by Suisman Urban Design
Project is Named Nation’s Top Recipient for Culture-Based Urban Design Grants. HARTFORD–July 16, 2010–The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that the city of Hartford and the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts have won a national grant worth $250,000 for the iQuilt, a culture-based downtown design plan developed by Suisman Urban Design. Of…
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Suisman presents iQuilt to "1000 Friends of Connecticut"
Culture-based Pedestrian Plan for Downtown Hartford. Hartford, March 2010–Doug Suisman and Tyler Smith presented the iQuilt project, a culture-based pedestrian plan for downtown Hartford, to participants at the annual meeting of 1000 Friends of Connecticut, the state’s major “Smart Growth” organization. The conference took place at the former G. Fox Department store on Main Street,…
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Suisman presents the Arc at J-Street’s first national conference
Large crowd attends panel on economic development as a pathway to ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Washington, October 2009–Doug Suisman presented the Arc project for a Palestinian state to an overflow audience at the first national conference held by J-Street, the highly visible new lobbying group that describes itself as “pro-Israel, pro-peace”. There were more than…
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Canyon School’s new look complete
Campus renovation includes new color palette, historic photomurals, wayfinding signs, and graphic standards. Santa Monica Canyon, September 2009–After several years of collaboration with the administration, faculty and parents of Canyon Charter School to develop a long-term vision for the school campus, Suisman Urban Design has completed its work on an extensive renovation of the school…
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Suisman presents iQuilt to Bushnell and Wadsworth Boards
Hartford’s reknowned art museum and performing arts center are keys to a new pedestrian plan for downtown. Hartford, September 2009–In back-to-back presentations to the trustees of the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts and the Wadsworth Atheneum, two of Hartford’s pre-eminent cultural institutions, Doug Suisman highlighted the most recent features of the “iQuilt”, the culture-based…
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Suisman presents iQuilt at EPA Green Infrastructure Workshop
Managing Wet Weather With Green Infrastructure. Hartford, July 2009–Doug Suisman of Suisman Urban Design was invited to Hartford to presents the iQuilt project at the “Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure” workshop held by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The workshop encouraged conversations with national experts, municipal operators, state and federal regulators, as well as…
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Suisman named National Peer by the GSA
General Services Administration program appoints distinguished professionals to advise on Federal projects. Washington, 2009–Doug Suisman has been appointed a National Peer in Urban Design by the General Services Administration. The Design Excellence and the Arts Program is the center for GSA’s advocacy of design quality and artistic expression. It establishes nationwide policies and procedures for…
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Angels Knoll featured in movie "500 Days of Summer"
Temporary Bunker Hill park is site of romance and regret, with a view of colorful facades. Hollywood, June 2009–Angels Knoll, a temporary park in downtown Los Angeles designed by Suisman Urban Design with Pat Smith, served as the dramatic centerpiece of the 2009 indy hit, “500 Days of Summer”. The two lovers, played by Joseph…
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Hartford Courant Praises iQuilt
Influential Columnist Tom Condon Explains Why He Likes the Concept. Hartford, June 2009 – Writing in the June 21st issue of the Hartford Courant, Tom Condon, the paper’s widely read editorial writer and columnist on all things urban, shared his positive views of the Bushnell-sponsored iQuilt project: “The iQuilt is a plan to connect Hartford’s…
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Arc Update at Palestinian Ministry of Transport
Arc Update Presented to Palestinian Ministry of Transportation. Ramallah, June 2009–A delegation from RAND and Suisman Urban Design met with the Palestinian Deputy Minister of Transport and 14 members of his staff for more than two hours to discuss a range of transportation issues raised by the Arc plan, including public transport in the West…
