If you happen to be in Philadelphia this evening, please join me at PennDesign for this event.

Urbanism Now: Philadelphia2035
Tuesday, March 22
6:00-8:00pm (reception to follow)
Meyerson Hall - Lower Gallery
School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
210 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Responding to the Philadelphia2035 challenge to “create the future,” PennDesign will host an evening of civic engagement in the Philadelphia2035 planning process, bringing together the City of Philadelphia, professionals, academics, designers, and members of the public at the University of Pennsylvania.

The event will be launched by a presentation of the Philadelphia2035 draft through the lens of design by Alan Greenberger FAIA, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Director of Commerce, and Chairman of the PCPC and Alan Urek, Director of Strategic Planning and Policy Division of the PCPC. Featured respondants include Grahame Shane, Visiting Professor and Adjunct Faculty at Cooper Union and Columbia University, Ray Gastil, former planning director for Manhattan and Seattle, and Laurie Olin, Practice Professor of Landscape Architecture at PennDesign. A reception to enable the conversations to continue will follow the event.

The ongoing Conversations Series, begun in 2007, provides an open discussion forum for PennDesign Faculty, students and guests that seeks to frame topical interdisciplinary questions. Conversations provides a format where theorists, educators, and practitioners gather to define and debate key topics in all fields of design.

More information here.