Design Trust Releases Making Midtown Report on October 17, 2012

The Design Trust released its final recommendations and vision for creating a 21st century Garment District on October 17th in a private briefing for press and project participants [read the press release]. The report – "Making Midtown: A New Vision for a 21st Century Garment District in New York City" – provides actionable recommendations for how New York City can strengthen the Garment District as a vital hub for creative production by way of zoning and land use regulations, programming, branding and other strategies to ensure the enduring success of the District.

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Making Midtown: "A Garment District With Some Big Ideas" Says NY Times
As Eric Wilson reports in The New York Times, "...after much research and some dreaming, the [Design] Trust came to the conclusion that if New York wants to remain the 'fashion capital of the world,' as politicians like to call it, the city will require a fashion industry."

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