National Endowment for the Arts Award $25,000 Stewardship Grant in Design for the Reshaping Rochester Lecture Series.
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Supporters:
Cutler Union at the Memorial Art Gallery
Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Chapel Hill, Flower City Management
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This 2008 Series in now concluded. Click here for the 4th Annual Reshaping Rochester Lecture Series Tickets and Event Details.
Program Overview
The Rochester Regional Community Design Center (RRCDC) invites you to attend an exciting medley of lectures, exhibits and discussions centering on how Rochester can revitalize itself through excellence in urban design.
This year, the educational lecture series brings a visionary mayor, urban design practitioners, an architecture critic and renowned landscape architect to Rochester from across the country to share their experiences, stories and wisdom.
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Walter J. Hood, Jr.
Principal, Hood Design, Oakland, CA
Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of California Berkeley
Landscape Architecture and Innovation in Improving Urban Green Space
Walter Hood has worked in a variety of settings including architecture, landscape architecture, fine art, and urban and community design and planning. His expertise lies in creating public realm environments that reflect their unique place, time, and social uses. He seeks to re-construct urban landscapes by incorporating novel elements while honoring each space’s distinct history. His work strives to integrate social histories with art and the natural landscape.
Location: Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince Street
Wednesday, June 11 • 7–9 pm
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William Hudnut, III
Senior Resident Fellow, Urban Land Institute, Washington DC
First Tier Suburbs and Partnering to Promote Revitalization Benefits to Both Suburbs and City
William Hudnut is probably best known for his sixteen-year tenure as Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-1991. He spearheaded the formation of a public-private sector partnership that led to Indianapolis’ emergence during the 1980s as a major American city.
Location: Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs Street
Thursday, January 10 • 7–9 pm
Click here to download Bio of Mayor William Hudnut, III.
Click here to listen to an audio recording of this lecture.
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Bruce Katz
Vice President and Founding Director,
Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
The 2% Solution: Drawing a Critical Mass of Residents Downtown is Key to Urban Revival
Bruce Katz focuses on reforms that promote revitalization of central cities and older suburbs and enhance the ability of these places to attract, retain, and grow the middle class. He is an expert in community reinvestment and economic development.
Location: St. Mary’s Church, 15 St. Mary’s Place
Tuesday, February 12 • 7–9 pm
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Robert Campbell
Architecture Critic and Pulitzer Prize recipient, Boston Globe
The Value of Civic/Public Space
Campbell is a writer and architect. In 1996 he received the Pulitzer Prize for his work as architecture critic of the Boston Globe. He has lectured at more than 40 colleges and universities and garnered innumerable awards over a career of more than 30 years.
Location: Cutler Union, Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Tuesday, March 4 • 7–9 pm
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David BoehlkeFounding Member, Healthy Neighborhoods Group
Healthy Neighborhoods: a Revitalization Strategy
David Boehlke is a nationally recognized expert in neighborhood revitalization and our country’s leading authority on Healthy Neighborhoods. He has worked with over 100 cities and towns, emphasizing older neighborhoods with declining or stagnant populations.
Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 111 N. Chestnut Street
Thursday, April 24 • 7–9 pm
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Richard Bernhardt , FAICP, CNU
Executive Director, Metropolitan Planning Department, City of Nashville/Davidson County
Community Character-Based Planning
Rick Bernhardt is a town planner who strives to preserve, create, and enhance community character. Sustainable communities, neighborhoods, and places rely on community input, context-based land use decisions, and traditional neighborhood design principles. Planning policies serve to enhance sense-of-place and quality of life by building upon the character of the community versus standard land use and density based policies.
Location: Chapel Hill, 8 Prince Street
Tuesday, May 13 • 7–9 pm
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