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Thursday, May 17, 2007
New Urbanism:
How Everything Old is New (and Better) Again
One in a series by the Urban Sustainability Forum
6:00 - 8:30 pm
The Academy of Natural Sciences auditorium
1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
Speakers:
Thomas Hylton – Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist and long-time Pottstown resident who re-wrote the Pottstown Zoning Code to favor main street development (not promote big box development).
He also re-wrote the Code to be user-friendly.
www.saveourlandsaveourtowns.org
Neal Payton – architect and urban planner at Torti-Gallas. This firm specializes in the design of New Urbanist communities, including the MLK Homes project at 13th and Fitzwater. Mr. Payton will speak about their work all over the country, with a small portion of his discussion focused on Philadelphia.
www.tortigallas.com
University of Pennsylvania, Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services – (representative to be confirmed). Penn will discuss their efforts to improve the University City/West Philly community, including new development to strengthen the existing urban fabric, subsidizing home purchase and renovation for Penn affiliates, and other initiatives.
www.upenn.edu
(note: Penn is a confirmed participant, but the speaker has not been determined.)
What is the Urban Sustainability Forum?
The Philadelphia Urban Sustainability Forum is a unique coalition of groups working to make Philadelphia the greenest, most livable city in America.
The Forum’s main public face is a series of Forum presentations every 3rd Thursday of the month at the Academy of Natural Sciences, just off Logan Circle in Center City Philadelphia. The Forum presentations are public meetings designed to raise awareness and develop concrete strategies to address some of the most important issues facing Philadelphia. Forum events started in January 2006 and have continued ever since.
Look for these upcoming programs:
June 21, 2007
Philadelphia: The State of the City, 18 months after the first Forum event
All programs will run from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm and will be held at The Academy of Natural Sciences auditorium. 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. All Town Square events are free and open to the public; RSVP suggested. For more information contact Roland Wall at (215) 299-1108 or rwall@acnatsci.org.
DVGBC programming made possible by our sustaining sponsors.
RSVP:
RSVPs recommended to
Roland Wall at (215) 299-1108 or rwall@ansp.org
Cost:
All Town Square events are free and open to the public; RSVP suggested.
Hosted by:
Academy of Natural Sciences'
Town Square Program
Sponsored by:
Delaware Valley Green Building Council, The Academy of Natural Sciences, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Penn Future, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pennsylvania Resource Council, The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Hillier Architecture, Temple University/Ambler, Sustainable Business Network and Urban Engineers.
Town Square is made possible by the generous assistance of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, the Environmental Associates of The Academy of Natural Sciences, and Real Networks, Inc.