text="Native New Yorker Frederic Schwartz is an activist and a humanist whose career has been dedicated to some of America's most visible public projects. As former director of the New York office of Venturi and Scott Brown, Schwartz headed the nation's largest urban design project - the 100-acre Westway State Park and Highway. Recently completed works include the Santa Fe Railyard Park and Plaza and the Southwest Regional Capitol of France in Toulouse. As a downtown Manhattan resident, after witnessing the tragedies of September 11th firsthand, Schwartz began "drawing and drawing again… in a healing process, re-envisioning the City to help mend its wounds." He co-founded the THINK team, one of the finalists for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center.";