Drawing on the Design Trust’s project, Made in Midtown, which makes recommendations for revitalizing the Garment District that integrate policy initiatives, zoning, and urban design guidelines, this discussion invited leading creative thinkers and practitioners to imagine future urban clusters of manufacturing and artistic industry.

At this event, hosted in partnership with the Municipal Art Society of New York, our panel's discussion focused on three questions raised by Made in Midtown: 

• How will digital technology alter the benefits of proximity and exchange? 
  
• Will the resurgence of demand for artisanal production in food find a counterpart in the production of objects? 
  
• How should the physical fabric of the City express the identity of urban creative clusters,  industries, and artistic practice?
  

The discussion was moderated Deborah Marton, former Executive Director of the Design Trust for Public Space. 

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