Efforts to recover from disaster and make coastal neighborhoods more resilient require both imagination and complex implementation. Exploring that interplay, this session features the results of a global design competition to redevelop a large Far Rockaway parcel after Super-storm Sandy (FAR ROC “For A Resilient Rockaway”), and “lessons learned” from a seasoned planner who led comprehensive planning for New Orleans after Katrina. The ensuing conversation will explore design innovation, politics, market forces, and environment.