Let's view the striking new San Francisco Planning and Urban Research building that opened at Mission and 2nd last month.
EXHIBIT: AGENTS OF CHANGE: CIVIC IDEALISM AND THE MAKING OF SAN FRANCISCO
Through compelling content spanning a variety of media--historical maps, photographs, recorded interviews and an interactive multimedia installation--this major exhibition examines the history of citymaking in San Francisco, and challenges visitors to consider today’s urban issues in light of their own values. The story is told through the lens of history, and organized into six overlapping generations: The City Builders, The Progressives & Classicists, The Regionalists, The Moderns, The Contextualists and The Eco-Urbanists. Curated by Benjamin Grant, with exhibition design by Studio Terpeluk, graphics by Leon Yu and multimedia installation by Taco Lab.
EVENING SYMPOSIUM: The Rational City: The troubled legacy of top-down planning
Modernist planners and architects sought to address substandard housing conditions and provide light, air and green space through urban planning and design. Yet in creating the "City of Tomorrow," they destroyed many of the places they tried to save. What can we learn from the Moderns' vision – and its pitfalls – today? Join panelists Dan Solomon, architect with Solomon E.T.C., a WRT Company; Anthea Hartig of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Fred Blackwell, director of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency; and exhibition curator Benjamin Grant
We'll grab a bite to eat afterward.
Cost: $5 non members of SPUR
“ This was very interesting. And I enjoyed going out to dinner after the talk. ”
“ I enjoyed the lecture and exhibition. I'm looking forward to their next lecture. ”
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