"This is the greatest opportunity the city has, the region has,to secure its future by transforming this into a thriving area,"said Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, director of the Manhattan office ofthe New York Department of City Planning.

"We're not being too ambitious. We plan for an animatedwaterfront," said L. Jay Cross, president of the New York Jets,LLC, about the proposed New York Sports and Convention Center."We'll take our inspiration from the river and set a high standard.It will be multi-layered and exoskeletal. It will be crispy, butkind of gritty."

The pair addressed the Metropolitan New York Chapter of theAppraisal Institute Joint Region IV and V Symposium Friday.

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