March 7, 2007
Dear Coalition Friends,
Good news for the National Mall, the city of Washington, and the public!
The National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts in association with the National Building Museum are sponsoring a public symposium on Wednesday, April 11th. The symposium is FREE but you are required to register at http://www.nbm.org. Symposium participants include yours truly.
The night before, the National Building Museum will host the first Charles H. Atherton Memorial Lecture in honor of Charles Atherton, retired secretary of the CFA and an advisor to the Coalition until his untimely death in 2005. There is a charge for this lecture.
Framing a Capital City Symposium
April 11
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
The National Building Museum
Washington, DC's L'Enfant and McMillan Plans have withstood the test of time during the city's 200-year history, balancing the permanence of monuments and memorials with the dynamic changes of a living city. But what does the future hold for commemoration, use of public space, and a city with national and local responsibilities?
Scholars, designers, policy makers, and citizens will participate in Framing a Capital City to consider how the nation's capital will evolve in its role as a showcase for the nation and a livable city. Experts and authors including Lawrence Vale, Lucy Barber, Alex Krieger, Dan Tangherlini, Judy Scott Feldman, and Timothy Beatley will discuss these important issues. Framing a Capital City will also guide the National Capital Framework Plan, a joint NCPC-CFA initiative to plan for the city in the 21st century.
10:00 am-11:30 am Session 1: Commemoration and Symbolic Narrative
Lawrence Vale, Michael Wise, and Judy Scott Feldman
11:45 am-12:45 pm Session 2: Sustaining the City: Urban Ecology
Timothy Beatley
2:15 pm-3:45 pm Session 3: Democratic Space
Lucy Barber, Joe Brown, and Larry Beasley
4:00 pm-5:30 pm Session 4: Idea to Reality: Building a Capital City
Alex Krieger, Maurice Cox, and Dan Tangherlini
Free. Registration Required.
Charles H. Atherton Memorial Lecture
April 10
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
David Childs, FAIA
In this inaugural program, David Childs, FAIA, will discuss the past, present, and future of the planning of Washington, DC as a keynote address to the April 11 Symposium. The Charles H. Atherton Memorial Lecture program commemorates the life and legacy of Charles Atherton, who served for almost four decades as secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. The lecture series examines the architectural, historical, and natural context of the city and its development to promote visionary planning and design excellence in the nation's capital. David Childs has a longstanding history with the planning and design of Washington as design director of the Pennsylvania Avenue commission, a past chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission as well as the chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and is currently the consulting design partner for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's New York Office.
$12 Museum members and students; $20 nonmembers. Prepaid registration required.
Walk-in registration based on availability.
The Charles H. Atherton Memorial lecture is supported by generous contributions to the Charles H. Atherton Memorial Fund.
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