{"id":7761,"date":"2012-03-22T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T16:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=7761"},"modified":"2012-03-21T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T04:43:00","slug":"new-york-city-wins-lee-kuan-yew-world-city-prize-vancouver-gets-special-mention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/03\/22\/new-york-city-wins-lee-kuan-yew-world-city-prize-vancouver-gets-special-mention\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Wins Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, Vancouver Gets Special Mention!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/laureate_newyork.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7762\" title=\"laureate_newyork\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/laureate_newyork.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/laureate_newyork.jpeg 605w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/laureate_newyork-600x197.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>New York City has won the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leekuanyewworldcityprize.com.sg\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize<\/a> this year for its urban rejuvenation since the devastating Sept 11 terrorist attacks more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver was one of 6 finalists selected for special mention from 62 submissions from 27 countries. Vancouver was lauded by the jury for \u201cresisting two North American urban trends, the introduction of freeways to the city centre and the loss of residents to the suburbs.\u201d The City was also recognized as an \u201cexemplary demonstration of strong visioning, community values and long term planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other finalists were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation<\/li>\n<li>AHT Group Ag &amp; Sun Development, Khayelitsha, Cape town, South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Brisbane City Council = Urban Renewal Brisbane (URB), Brisbane, Australia<\/li>\n<li>City of Copenhagen (and Lord Mayor), Copenhagen, Denmark<\/li>\n<li>City of Malmo, Sweden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 6 finalists will be featured in a publication later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>The award will be given to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Departments of Transportation, City Planning and Parks and Recreation in July, during the World Cities Summit 2012 in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the prize <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leekuanyewworldcityprize.com.sg\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/johnatkin.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Atkin<\/a> for bringing this to our attention.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City has won the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize this year for its urban rejuvenation since the devastating Sept 11 terrorist attacks more than a decade ago. 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Vancouver was lauded by the jury for \u201cresisting two<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/03\/22\/new-york-city-wins-lee-kuan-yew-world-city-prize-vancouver-gets-special-mention\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;New York City Wins Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, Vancouver Gets Special Mention!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7735,7736,2862,7734,2119,459,361,785,7733,489,5561,1084,2521,396,214],"class_list":["post-7761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-ahmedabad-municipal-corporation","tag-aht-group-ag","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-city-council","tag-cape-town","tag-copenhagen","tag-john-atkin","tag-mayor","tag-michael-bloomberg","tag-new-york-city","tag-singapore","tag-south-africa","tag-sweden","tag-urban-fabric","tag-vancouver-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New York City Wins Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, Vancouver Gets Special Mention! - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/03\/22\/new-york-city-wins-lee-kuan-yew-world-city-prize-vancouver-gets-special-mention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York City Wins Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, Vancouver Gets Special Mention! - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York City has won the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize this year for its urban rejuvenation since the devastating Sept 11 terrorist attacks more than a decade ago. 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