More Park, Less Way and Other Urban Design Visions

Presented by Harris Steinberg, Executive Director, PennPraxis, University of Pennsylvania
Design with nature, merge neighborhood charm with civic grandeur, make places for real Philadelphians, create parks walkable from every community, honor the river, update the meaning of park space for the 21st century. These are just a few of the concepts developed during the re-envisioning of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Central Delaware, and the Philadelphia Park system – three of the more than 60 projects of PennPraxis, the applied research arm of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania founded to extend design excellence into the community.
Speaker Harris Steinberg, founding executive director of PennPraxis and associate professor of city and regional planning, will share some of the visions for our most important and iconic public spaces. He will describe how he has worked with more than 11,000 people in over 260 public meetings since 2002 to create the plans for some of our favorite places. Steinberg has lectured nationally and internationally on the role of civic engagement in city planning and the relationship between civic life, creative place making, and public policy in city building.
Wednesday, November 13
3 p.m.
Members: $15 Non-members: $20

To register, visit https://online.morrisarboretum.org/classes/CBOG