Crossroads Conversations, a Van Alen public program series presented with Times Square Alliance, invited passersby to participate in 10-minute facilitated conversations facilitated by journalists at the base of the Red Steps, encouraging strangers from across the nation and around the globe to reveal multifaceted personal beliefs, provoke robust debate, and find common ground with people who may share differing perspectives. Participants joined us on May 16 during our spring festival, Arteries: NYC in Circulation, for the fifth program in the series, focusing on infrastructure, as participants shared their hopes for improving our nation’s arteries: the roads, pipes, and public transportation networks that pulse through our cities.

Event presented with Times Square Alliance and Cooper Union