Curriculum Vitae: Ann E. Breen

Work Experience

1981 to present. Co-founder of the Waterfront Center, a non-profit research, educational and consulting corporation. Serves as co-director and president. Other activities include community consulting, lecturing and the design and organization of annual conferences and technical workshops. 1975-1983. Waterfront coordinator, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management.


Books (Co-authored with Dick Rigby):

• Intown Living: A Different American Dream. Westport, CT: Praeger Press, June 2004
• The New Waterfront: A Worldwide Urban Success Story. London: Thames & Hudson, 1996; New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
• WATERFRONTS: Cities Reclaim Their Edge. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1994. Second printing, 1997 by The Waterfront Press.
• Fishing Piers: What Cities Can Do. The Waterfront Press, Washington, D.C. 1986.
• Caution Working Waterfront: The Impact of Change on Marine Businesses. The Waterfront Press, Washington, D.C. 1985.
• Improving Your Waterfront: A Practical Guide. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Washington, D.C. 1980. (Robert Kaye and Richard O'Connor other co-authors)

• "Whose Waterfront Is It Anyway?" Planning. Vol 56. No. 2, February, 1990
• "Festival Markets — Show Stealers of the Waterfront," Harbor Portraits, Journal of the New England Aquarium. 1988 and EPA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 4, May, 1988
• "Sons of Riverwalk. How a masterpiece of design has inspired communities across the nation," Planning. Vol. 54. No. 3, March 1988
• "Inner Harbor," chapter, The Baltimore Harbor. Baltimore Dept. of Planning. 1985
• "SOS for the Working Waterfront," Planning, Vol. 51. No. 6, June 1985

• Public Presentation to the City Council of Paterson, N.J. , July, 2004
• Presentation at Televised Public Meeting. City of Miami. Miami, Florida, November, 2000
• Presentation on Worldwide Waterfront Development. CIDRE (Cities Divided by Rivers) Conference. London, England, November, 2000
• Presentation. Meeting of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Houston, Texas, February, 2000
• Keynote Speech. Downtown Dallas' Conference on the Trinity River. Dallas, Texas, October 1999
• Public Meeting. Save the Harbor, Save the Bay and the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Boston, Mass
• Keynote speech. Annual Meeting of the International Downtown Association. Victoria, B.C., Canada, September, 1998
• Keynote speech. The Boston Harbor Associates Annual Meeting. Boston. June, 1998
• Speech. Waterfronts '97. Baltic Convention and the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (Pty.) Ltd. Capetown, South Africa. November, 1997
• Keynote speech. Saint Paul Riverfront Charette. Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation. Saint Paul, Minnesota. October, 1997
• Luncheon Address. Tri-Cities Rivershore Enhancement Council. Tri-Cities, Washington. April, 1997
• Presentation on Waterfront Development. Canal Corridor Initiative Conference
• Department of Housing and Urban Development. Rochester, N.Y., December, 1996
• Waterfront Keynote. Municipal Governments of Greater Montreal Meeting. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November, 1996
• Public Art on the Waterfront. Evening Lecture. Lambton Harbour Development Corporation, Ltd., Wellington, N.Z., September, 1996
• Speech. Public Waterfront Forum. City of Mentor, Mentor, Ohio, May, 1996
• Keynote Speech. Public Forum. Lambton Harbour Devel. Corp., Ltd., Wellington, N.Z. May, 1996

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