Katherine Brill

Concentration: Preservation Planning
Internship: Adolf Plazcek Fellow at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

Personal Statement:
I am a native New Yorker who is passionate about using Historic Preservation and City Planning to encourage urban development that is responsive to extant cultural resources. Throughout my time at Penn, I curated my studies around the future of cities as places that promote sustainable approaches to regeneration and development initiatives. All of the work I produced aims to highlight the intersection of the built and social environments and the ways in which public policy in conjunction with community participation leads to a more equitable society.

Thesis Research: Resiliency Policy Review and Recommendations for the Rockaways