TheRegionalPlanAssociationhasproducedfourcomprehensiveregionalplansfortheNewYork,NewJerseyandConnecticutmetropolitanregionsinceitsfoundationin1922.ThisbookexaminestheevolvingroleofdesigninthefirstthreeplansandpresentsthedesigninitiativesoftheFourthRegionalPlan(2017)indepth.Thenewplanseekstoshiftthefocusofregionalplanningfromatraditionalcenter-to-peripheryhierarchytoanexpandednotionof“corridor“thatincludestransportation,ecology,accessandequity.FundedbytheRockefellerFoundation,thiscollaborativeinitiativeoftheRegionalPlanAssociation,PrincetonUniversity,andfourinnovativedesignteamsproduceddesignproposalsforfourregionalcorridors:theHighlands(forestcorridor),theBight(coastalcorridor),theInnerRing(suburbancorridor)andtheTriboro(citycorridor).Lookingforwardto2040,theFourthRegionalPlanimaginesatransformedandvitalfutureforpartsoftheNewYorkCitymetroareathatarelittleunderstoodandoftenoverlooked.PaulLewisisaprincipalatLTLArchitects,NewYork,andProfessorandAssociateDeanatPrincetonUniversitySchoolofArchitecture.GuyNordensonisastructuralengineeratGuyNordensonandAssociates,NewYork,andProfessorofArchitectureandStructuralEngineeringatPrincetonUniversity.CatherineSeavittisalandscapearchitectatCatherineSeavittStudio,NewYork,andAssociateProfessorofLandscapeArchitectureattheCityCollegeofNewYork.
