RSVP required (see below) - limited capacity

Great Streets Panel Discussion #3 Monday 4/30

The 'A' list of Los Angeles' landscape and urban designers are getting together to discuss:
The Park Bench, the Bicycle and the Black Walnut: Designing the Architecture of Our Most Accessible Public Space. Inspired by the recent Great Streets Act - AB 1358 and organized by AIA-LA
Moderator: Michael Lehrer, FAIA - Lehrer Architects

Panel Speakers:
Calvin Abe, FASLA - President, ah'be landscape architects & environmental planners
Christine S. E. Magar, RA, AIA, LEED AP - Greenform
Katherine Spitz, AIA, ASLA - Katherine Spitz & Associates
Charles Stewart, Field Representative for U.S. Representative Diane E. Watson
Mark Rios, FAIA - Rios Clementi Hale Studios

Date & Location:
Monday, April 30 (6-8pm)
The Ivy Substation
9070 Venice Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

Goals & Objectives:
1.) To discuss the importance of greening the public realm with bio-swales, landscaping, street trees, bike paths and the need to make our communities inherently more walkable so we can sustain the health & vitality of our lifestyles.
2.) To identify the most effective methods for funding these projects
3.) To better understand the bureaucratic obstacles to creating more environmentally sustainable streets & sidewalks
4.) To describe the challenges created by the confluence of a diverse mix of needs & uses (bikes, cars, pedestrians, flora & fauna, watershed management, open space, street vendors, retail, recreation & relaxation, transit) and to establish priorities on a case-by-case scenario (in other words, not all streets are created equal).


Please RSVP to Will Wright at will@aialosangeles.org
Limited Capacity!

Free & Open to the Public.


FYI - THe Complete Streets Act of 2007 - AB 1358 (LENO) - GREAT STREETS ACT