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Amanda Jay Mortimer Burden (née Mortimer; born January 18, 1944) is an American businesswoman who is a principal at Bloomberg Associates, an international consulting service founded by Michael Bloomberg as a philanthropic venture to help city governments improve the quality of life of their citizens.
Amanda Burden is a former New York City Planning Commissioner who led the revitalization of the High Line, the Brooklyn waterfront and other public spaces. She is also a founding Principal of Bloomberg Associates, a global consultancy, and a TED speaker who shares her vision for cities.
Amanda Burden is a former director of New York City's Department of Planning and a champion of public spaces. In this talk, she shares her insights on how to create parks and plazas that people love and why they matter for urban life.
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Amanda Burden served as the New York City Planning Commissioner from 2002 to 2013 and is a Principal at Bloomberg Associates.
May 27, 2012 · Since 2002, when she was appointed to head City Planning, she has overseen the wholesale rezoning of the city, with 115 rezoning plans covering more than 10,300 blocks; by the end of her ...
Jan 15, 2007 · Ms. Burden, who swirled from Kennedy-era cotillions to Halston’s disco pad to the upper echelons of government, has used her power over land-use approvals to impose her own aesthetic...
Apr 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 administration,...
