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Amanda Burden was Planning Commissioner as well as director of New York City’s Department of City Planning from 2002 to 2013, leading one of the city’s largest re-planning operations —intervening in 124 neighbourhoods, nearly 40 percent of the city— and catalysing significant new housing opportunities in several communities in New York City’s five boroughs.
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Mar 7, 2024 · Amanda went to Wellesley, where she met her first husband, Harvard student Carter Burden, on a blind date. The two got engaged during her sophomore year, and she dropped out of college. Soon, like the Paleys, the Burdens were fixtures of the New York social scene, with famed fashion designer Halston once calling Amanda “the most beautiful ...
Jun 29, 2011 · Jun 29, 2011. Amanda Burden, the daughter of famed socialite Babe Paley, and now, the director of city planning, is spearheading Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s far-reaching effort to rezone nearly a ...
Jun 29, 2024 · Amanda was born on 18 January 1944 as Amanda Jay Mortimer Burden. Her mother, Babe Paley, was a socialite between 1915 and 1978. Furthermore, her mother) was married to William Paley, the son of an immigrant cigar entrepreneur.
Mar 12, 2015 · April 25, 2014. Amanda Burden, former animal behaviorist turned New York’s chief city planner, has discovered what makes cities desirable: great public spaces. During her time with the Bloomberg ...
In part, it’s the city’s great public spaces — from tiny pocket parks to long waterfront promenades — where people can stroll and play. Amanda Burden helped plan some of the city’s newest public spaces, drawing on her experience as, surprisingly, an animal behaviorist. She shares the unexpected challenges of planning parks people love ...
