The former planning dean for the University of Southern California, Ed Blakely is now a New Yorker.
As Dean of USC's School of Policy, Planning and Development, Ed Blakely was a key figure in Los Angeles' planning community. Now, as Dean of the Malino Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy at the New School in New York City, Blakely has involved himself with the unique challenges New York City faces of planning and rebuilding post-9/11. The Planning Report presents this interview with Ed Blakely in which he discusses his activity in and among the planning community in New York and his ongoing commitment to projects in Southern California.
Thanks to Larry Segal
FULL STORY: Former USC Planning Dean Ed Blakely Now A New Yorker

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