The document discusses Ryan Gravel's presentation at the Urban Leaders Summit in Detroit, Michigan on November 8, 2010. It focuses on the Atlanta BeltLine, a project to convert a 22-mile railroad corridor circling Atlanta into a multi-use trail incorporating parks, affordable housing, and transit. The BeltLine aims to address problems created by urban sprawl and change how Atlanta thinks about transportation, economic development, and greenspace. It also references other examples of infrastructure projects that shaped cities, such as Paris' redesign by Haussmann and New York's development under Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs.

1. Ryan Gravel, AICP
Senior Associate
Perkins+Will
CEOs for Cities
The Urban Leaders Summit
Detroit, Michigan : November 8, 2010

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8. Developing new solutions to the problems created by a sprawl-dominated
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21. VISION
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22. 1. Transportation

23. 2. Economic Development

24. 3. Greenspace

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+ Affordable Housing
+ Community
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28. + Preservation
+ Arboretum
+ Public Art

29. + Sustainable Design
+ Public Health
+ Street Framework

30. Paris - Haussmann

31. New York – Moses/Jacobs

32. Atlanta BeltLine

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34. Commissioners’ Plan for Manhattan (1811)

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47. Ryan Gravel, AICP
Senior Associate
Perkins+Will
ryan.gravel@perkinswill.com
404-786-9761
Atlanta, Georgia