Arts and Economic Development in Somerville
Ezra Glenn, Gregory Jenkins, Somerville Arts Council
Thu Jan 22, 10am-12:00pm, 7-338
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Over the past decade the Somerville Arts Council has undertaken an ambitious arts and economic development initiative to help revitalize the Union Square neighborhood and commercial district. With funding from the City's Community Development Block Grant program, Union Square Main Streets, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Adams Grant Program for Arts and Economic Development, the SAC has sponsored an innovative and ever-changing array of festivals, markets, design competitions, physical improvements, and other projects to highlight and build on the artistic, cultural, and ethnic strengths of the community. Greg Jenkins and others will present their work so far, including a frank discussion of what worked, what required re-thinking, and what is still in progress.
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, x3-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
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How to make cities competitive and sustainable
Karen R. Polenske, Victor M. Vergara, Roberto Chavez, Patricia McCartney, and Douglas Webster
Thu Jan 22, Fri Jan 23, 09am-12:30pm, 9-057
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2009
Limited to 40 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
The workshop seeks to present current practices in urban management and planning addressing dual challenges of competitiveness and sustainability building on training programs under development by the World Bank Institute and its partner institutions. Discussion will focus on regulatory and economic instruments as well as social action to enable development of competitive, sustainable and equitable cities. A key entry point for debate will be case studies of land use planning and development from cities around the world.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/project/iap-competitive-and-sustainable-cities/
Contact: Yuan Xiao, (202) 607-5901, yuanxiao@mit.edu
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Magic Tricks for Public Meetings
Ezra Glenn
Tue Jan 27, 03-04:30pm, Stella Room (7-338)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Planners do a lot of things, but one important one is to facilitate public meetings. This workshop will demonstrate a few fun (and largely stupid) ways to use magic tricks to make these meetings more interesting, interactive, and engaging. Please note: the tricks presented are &lowast very &lowast simple and not that impressive, but they do the job of getting people to pay attention. Don't come expecting to be amazed, and you won't be disappointed. Limited to DUSP students, alums, and fellows.
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, x3-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
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Media Barrios in Jerusalem: Challenges for Design and Planning of Urban Arts Initiatives
Nitin Sawhney, Diane Davis, Raed Yacoub
Thu Jan 8, 04-06:30pm, 10-401
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A participatory workshop examining the role of media arts and culture projects in revitalizing disenfranchised neighborhoods in conflict cities like Belfast, Berlin, and Jerusalem. This workshop primarily focuses on understanding the socio-economic and political dimensions of the city of Jerusalem as a working case study. We consider the design of physical/virtual interventions, creating participatory public arts programs, and challenges in urban design and architecture for such "Media Barrios" conceptualized in Jerusalem over the coming years. Co-sponsored by MIT Jerusalem 2050 Project (http://www.justjerusalem.org)
Contact: Nitin Sawhney, nitin@media.mit.edu
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The Image of the City: the Legacy of Kevin Lynch, a Boston Summary
Romin Koebel, PhD MIT alum
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Three late-morning conversations inspired by the Boston legacy of Kevin Lynch. Monday: "The Walkway to the Sea"; Wednesday: "The View from the Road"; and Friday: the "Lost Half-Mile."
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, x3-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
The Walkway to the Sea
Romin Koebel, PhD MIT alum
"The Walkway to the Sea" traces the built environment reaching from the top of Beacon Hill to Town Cove. It centers on Faneuil Hall and the influence of Charles Bulfinch.
Mon Jan 5, 10am-12:00pm, 10-401
The View from the Road
Romin Koebel, PhD MIT alum
"The View from the Road" was a Lynch study of the visual experience of a driver coming into Boston from the northeast, focusing particularly on current planning for the surface artery and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.
Wed Jan 7, 10am-12:00pm, 10-401
Finding the "Lost Half-Mile"
Romin Koebel, PhD MIT alum
Finding the "Lost Half-Mile" builds on the finding that there was a section of the Charles River that was not part of people's image of the city.
Fri Jan 9, 10am-12:00pm, 10-401
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