SeatGeek Asia Pacific
SeatGeek is a search engine and mobile-focused ticket marketplace that allows fans to buy and sell tickets for live events. As of August 2018, SeatGeek has exited the Australian, New…
read moreThe Tourism & Transport Forum (TTF) is set to host its inaugural ‘The Future of Place' event at the Art Gallery of NSW, featuring Robert Hammond, co-founder and Executive Director of the Friends of the High Line, New York and Dan Barasch, co-founder, Lowline – an initiative to transform a one-acre tunnel below Manhattan's Lower East Side.
Being held on Friday 12th April, attendees will hear how Hammond helped lead the effort to build an elevated park on an abandoned railway line in Manhattan and Barasch’s vision to create the world’s first underground park below the streets of New York City in the Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal.
Following their addresses, Hammond and Barasch will join a panel of local speakers for a facilitated discussion around local and global trends, collaboration with partners and embracing the placemaking movement.
Joining the panel will be Maud Page, Deputy Director and Director of Collections of The Art Gallery of NSW, which is on the cusp of the venue’s own transformation as part of the Sydney Modern Project.
Speaking about The Future of Place TTF Chief Executive, Margy Osmond advised “we know that the rapidly increasing proportion of people living in the urban area carries great challenges, but also presents great opportunities.
“The Future of Place provides stakeholders from across the sector to explore the problems that many cities face in the future and hear from leading experts on how to create destinations which offer greater value to the community and visitors to the city.
“We are delighted and honoured to host Robert Hammond and Dan Barasch at our very first Future of Place event.
The High Line and Lowline are both inspirations. The projects embody how cities can transform industrial infrastructure into beautiful, hybrid public spaces.
“The Highline is more than a park, it brings communities together and showcases the beauty of New York City.
“While the ‘Lowline’, a name selected to compliment the city's High Line park, will transform a one-acre tunnel below Manhattan's Lower East Side and while the project is in the early stages of development, it has the potential to set the world alight.”
Click here for more information on the event.
1st April 2019 - NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces leisure and related portfolios in new cabinet
10th March 2019 - Tourism and Transport Forum research shows Australians ‘love’ international tourists
15th December 2018 - Tourism & Transport Forum reports Baby Boomers and Generation X almost double summer spending habits in a year
11th September 2018 - Andrew McEvoy to chair TTF National Advisory Board
24th August 2018 - TTF welcomes ‘one of our own’ as Australian Prime Minister
27th June 2016 - Singapore’s former Rail Corridor to become a linear park
8th March 2016 - New sky park to offer open space 10 metres above the streets of Melbourne
30th August 2015 - Transformed Goods Line walkway connects Sydney’s Railway Square to Darling Harbour
24th June 2014 - Places and open spaces identified as the key to a better Melbourne
1st October 2010 - The Art of Creating Great Cities and Places
Support our industry news service
We hope that you value the news that we publish so while you're here can we ask for your support?
As an independent publisher, we need reader support for our industry news gathering so ask that - if you don't already do so - you back us by subscribing to the printed Australasian Leisure Management magazine and/or our online news.
The Complete Guide to Leisure Industry Products & Services.
SeatGeek is a search engine and mobile-focused ticket marketplace that allows fans to buy and sell tickets for live events. As of August 2018, SeatGeek has exited the Australian, New…
read moreHIB Insurance Brokers - Experts in Leisure and Amusement Insurance With over 20 years specialising in the Amusement and Leisure industries, we have the experience to understand your operations and…
read moreSince 2019, Active World's development team has been delivering a comprehensive single solution that caters to the diverse requirements of successfully operated and managed leisure centres. The…
read moreWe are the leading providers of kids fun multi-sports programs for Sport and Recreation Centres. Programs cover twelve common sports as well as Gross Motor Skill Development and suit children from as…
read moreABOUT SPORTENG specialises in the Planning, Design and Construction inspection of Fields of Play for all sports. Blending engineering with the specialist knowledge gained from working closely with…
read moreCommercial gym equipment supplier Aussie Strength was wound up at the end of 2022. .aussie p { padding:20px; }
read moreINTRODUCTION Abel Sports is Australia’s leading manufacturer and suppliers of Goal Posts, sports ground safety netting systems and coaches boxes for Stadiums ,Sports Clubs, Councils and…
read moreGet your business noticed in our targeted directory. Viewed by 10,000 industry professionals per week!