In June 2008, Glenn joined the Alliance as its first Public Art and Design Manager to formalize and manage its new programming efforts in Times Square. Weiss is known in New York for his early work as co-director of the Storefront for Art and Architecture and curator for Architecture at PS1. He was recruited from south Florida where he worked as an urban planner, university professor and consultant specializing in the role of public art and arts events in the life of civic space and municipalities. He wrote public arts master plans for a number of governments such as Miami Beach, Broward County and Delray Beach. With Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses in 2004, he produced the Delray Beach Cultural Loop linking the diverse communities with multiple arts events and public works.
He developed his community-based art management methods in Seattle where he directed 911 Media Center, and the public art programs for King County and Washington State Convention Center. He has written on art, architecture and urbanism for 20 years in journals such as Arcade Magazine and Seattle Magazine and now for ArtsJournal.com through the blog Aesthetic Grounds. He holds a Masters of Architecture from Columbia University.
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he Times Square Alliance, founded in 1992 as a NYC Business Improvement District, keeps the streets clean and safe, promotes local businesses, coordinates major events in Times Square like New Year’s Eve and Broadway on Broadway, manages a visitors center and advocates on behalf of its constituents with respect to a host of public policy, planning and quality-of-life issues. With the economic revival of the district, President Tim Tompkins has built an organization of 135 employees with extensive experience in urban design, event production, marketing and the arts.
He developed his community-based art management methods in Seattle where he directed 911 Media Center, and the public art programs for King County and Washington State Convention Center. He has written on art, architecture and urbanism for 20 years in journals such as Arcade Magazine and Seattle Magazine and now for ArtsJournal.com through the blog Aesthetic Grounds. He holds a Masters of Architecture from Columbia University.
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he Times Square Alliance, founded in 1992 as a NYC Business Improvement District, keeps the streets clean and safe, promotes local businesses, coordinates major events in Times Square like New Year’s Eve and Broadway on Broadway, manages a visitors center and advocates on behalf of its constituents with respect to a host of public policy, planning and quality-of-life issues. With the economic revival of the district, President Tim Tompkins has built an organization of 135 employees with extensive experience in urban design, event production, marketing and the arts.
