Making the Shade
About this episode
Jamie Rubin discusses New York City's first Urban Forest Plan with Adam Lubinsky, focusing on the importance of tree preservation and the challenges of urban forestry.
New York City just released its first-ever Urban Forest Plan — a legally mandated, decade-by-decade roadmap to get the city's tree canopy from 23% to 30% by 2040. Jamie talks with Adam Lubinsky, a partner at W X Y architecture + urban design, who helped build the plan from the ground up. They cover why preserving old trees matters as much as planting new ones, why the only property type where canopy has been shrinking is one- and two-family homes, and why one-third of the city's urban forest sits on private land that nobody's currently watching. https://report.urbanforestplan.nyc/NYC-Urban-Forest-Plan-2026.pdf For more solutions-oriented thinking on urban life, visit the Vital City website at https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/
People in this episode
Host: Jamie Rubin
Guest: Adam Lubinsky
Topics covered
- urban forestry
- New York City
- environmental planning
- tree canopy
- sustainability
Keywords
- urban forest
- tree canopy
- New York City
- sustainability
- environmental planning
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WXY Studio, Vital City
Books & works: Urban Forest Plan
Places: New York City
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