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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 · To her fans, Amanda M. Burden, the director of the New York City Planning Department, is a visionary.
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...
Amanda Burden, AICP, is chair of the New York City Planning Commission and director of the Department of City Planning. Since she became chair, she has spearheaded Mayor Bloomberg’s economic development initiatives with comprehensive urban design master plans intended to catalyze commercial and residential development throughout the city and ...
