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Abstract
Growing up in a shifting urban environment during the major socioeconomic transition in the Bronx (NY) in the 1950s and 1960s, my interests in neighborhood change peaked with the changes in housing, the impact of urban renewal, the need for more open-space recreation, the arrival of the interstate highways, and the new faces of the population. These childhood observations led me to pursue an urban planning career. I have had experiences in a variety of functional areas across the tri-state metropolitan area of Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. In striving to be a more complete planner, I added depth to my career as an adjunct academician, leader in APA/AICP, and community volunteer practicing what I preached. I learned that these various roles and experiences related to one another and advanced my understanding of urban planning in a synergistic way.
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Floyd Lapp
FLOYD LAPP, FAICP, DPA ([email protected]), is a New Jersey professional planner and a former director of the Bronx Office (NY) and transportation director in the New York City (NY) Planning Department; former executive director of the South Western Regional Planning Agency (CT); former supervising planner, New Jersey State and Regional Planning Office; former Open Space and Housing and Community Development director, Tri-State Regional Planning Commission; former assistant planner, Westchester County (NY) Department of Planning; former executive director of the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation; consultant; and adjunct professor of urban planning at Columbia University, among other schools. He has 55 years of urban, regional, and transportation experience in the public and private sectors.