Planning and Practice - The Rooftops Project: Report Summarizing Results of a Survey of Not-for-Profit Organizations

The Rooftops Project\u27s first national field study of the attitudes and approaches of not-for-profit organizations with respect to the owned, leased or hosted real estate that supports their core missions and operations.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1000/thumbnail.jp

Simultaneous Representation: Transaction Resolution in the Adversary System

The proscription of simultaneous representation of potentially conflicting interests in the present Code of Professional Responsibility runs counter to the belief of many prospective clients that they are capable of formulating their own objectives. The author examines three possible simultaneous representation situations-the \u27\u27friendly divorce, the formation of a close corporation, and the simple transfer of residential property. Finding that all three may present appropriate cases for treatment by a single lawyer, the author suggests modifying the presently restrictive Canon 5 of the Code of Professional Responsibility to enable attorneys to better serve their clients\u27 needs within the limits of acceptable ethical conduct

Perspectives - William Morrish, Professor of Urban Ecologies at Parsons The New School for Design

How can arts organizations with an aspiration to build their own facilities connect project design both with the broader community and with financial sustainability? The Rooftops Project’s Zulaihat Nauzo and Professor James Hagy talk with William Morrish, Professor of Urban Ecologies at Parsons The New School for Design.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1029/thumbnail.jp

Profiles - Chicago Literacenter

Business news is often filled with stories about incubator spaces and entrepreneurial hubs in which start-up companies can hang out, network, and grow. What might result when these concepts are adapted to bring together diverse not-for-profit organizations focused on similar missions? Professor James Hagy visits Stacy Ratner, Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Chicago Literacy Alliance, and Transwestern’s Larry Serota at the grand opening of Literacenter in downtown Chicago.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1028/thumbnail.jp

Perspectives - Alyssa Bellew of the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church of Pasadena

At manyplaces of worship, responsibility for oversight of the physical facilities falls to administrative staff as one more adjunct to an already busy schedule. At others, property tasks may be left to volunteers. The “on-the-job training” may often be self-taught. Professor James Hagy explores these challenges with Alyssa Bellew, Administrative Director of Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1021/thumbnail.jp

Profile - The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities

When the California Endowment planned new headquarters space for its own operations, its vision also included creating conference space suitable for events by other not-for-profits, opportunities for formal and informal collaboration among not-for-profits with compatible missions, and even incubator spaces for smaller organizations in need of an office presence. In this second article in his series looking at not-for-profits as urban neighbors, Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, talks with Anne-Marie Jones, Director of the Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities, and Edward de la Torre, its Director of Facilities and Events.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1009/thumbnail.jp

Profile - The Gates Foundation LEED Platinum Seattle Headquarters

In this first article in his series looking at not-for-profits as urban neighbors, Professor James Hagy, Director of The Rooftops Project, visits with the Gates Foundation at its recently opened LEED Platinum Seattle headquarters campus.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1008/thumbnail.jp

Panorama - International Perspectives: Kathleen Curran, Director of Casa Nuevo Horizonte, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

In this first of our series of international perspectives, Kathleen Curran relfects on the important role that physical space has played in her charitable mission in Bolivia supporting promising students seeking an advanced education in a setting of poverty.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1025/thumbnail.jp

Profiles - Chicago Literacenter

Business news is often filled with stories about incubator spaces and entrepreneurial hubs in which start-up companies can hang out, network, and grow. What might result when these concepts are adapted to bring together diverse not-for-profit organizations focused on similar missions? Professor James Hagy visits Stacy Ratner, Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Chicago Literacy Alliance, and Transwestern’s Larry Serota at the grand opening of Literacenter in downtown Chicago.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1028/thumbnail.jp

Profile - The Noguchi Museum

Few not-for-profit cultural or historic sites can be traced through a single thread, from heritage in an unlikely industrial setting in Queens; its conversion to workspace for the creation, staging and deployment of art throughout the world; its rededication by the living artist as a museum space while still a working gallery; and ultimately its preservation as a permanent cultural destination. At the Noguchi Museum, members and visitors can appreciate artist Isamu Noguchi’s full body of work in many media, enjoy the tranquility of galleries and gardens in a profoundly close-by urban setting, and understand the context in which that art was inspired and created over more than half a century. Professor James Hagy, Director of the Rooftops Project, explores the life and legacy of Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi with Amy Hau, the Noguchi Museum’s Director of Administration and External Affairs.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/rooftops_project/1007/thumbnail.jp