The nominees for this year were selected by an all-star team of urban experts including Justin Garrett Moore, Executive Director of NYC Public Design Commission; Simeon Bankoff, Executive Director of the Historic Districts Council; Terri Carta, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Greenway; Côme Menage, Founder at re-a.d architecture & design; Michele Bogart, former Vice President of NYC Public Design Commission and Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University; Michelle Young, the founder of Untapped New York and Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Columbia University GSAPP.