Over the past year, Rockaway Waterfront Alliance worked with urban planner Ron Shiffman and 50 Master ’s Architecture students from Pratt Institute to design an environmentally-sensitive community for the Rockaway peninsula that addressed the issues of sustainability and global climate change. Students presented their work to the Rockaway community on November 20th, 2008 and finalized their designs for the end of year presentation.

To view pictures from our November public space planning charette go to:
http://gallery.me.com/ronyvette#100169

To view students initial visit to the peninsula, go to:
http://web.me.com/ronyvette/site/Rockaway.html

The students work will soon be posted for the public to view. Check back to see their final design presentations.

This project will continue through 2009 with future community/design charettes and will expand on the issues concerning flooding, storm water management and transportation alternatives. Check back soon to see dates for future community design charettes.