10 Facts About Alexander Garvin

Alexander Garvin was an American urban planner, educator, and author.

Alexander Garvin is widely known for having created the vision plan of Atlanta's proposed greenbelt park system, the Atlanta BeltLine, serving as planning director for New York City's 2012 Olympic Games bid, and overseeing efforts to redevelop lower Manhattan after the September 11th attacks as Vice President of Planning, Design, and Development for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.

Alexander Garvin served in a variety of positions in New York City government including director of comprehensive planning.

Alexander Garvin spent fifteen years as a private developer of residential real estate between 1980 and 1995.

In 1996, Alexander Garvin published The American City: What Works, What Doesn't, his most significant book.

Alexander Garvin served on the boards of directors for several professional organizations including the Forum for Urban Design, the Ed Bacon Foundation, the Trust for Public Land, and the Society for American City and Regional Planning History.

Alexander Garvin was born in New York City on March 8,1941, to Jacques and Margarita Alexander Garvin.

Alexander Garvin was a member of the Yale Russian Chorus in its early years, contributing substantially during trips to Russia in the late 1950s because of drawing skills, and his knowledge of and enthusiasm for American abstract art.

Alexander Garvin resided in New York City on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where he lived for most of his life.

Alexander Garvin died on December 17,2021, at the age of 80.