Emerging from the Ruins

Mark yr calendars: Thursday, <b>May 2</b>, is the 2012 Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism, to be given by Professor <b><a href="http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/socialsci/psc/faculty/mberman.cfm">Marshall Berman</a></b>. The 9th annual lecture is presented by the Graduate Program in Urban Design, <a href="http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/ssa/">Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture</a> at City College of New York (CCNY), and will be held in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall at CCNY, Convent Hall at 138th Street. It's free, open to the public, and no reservations are necessary. <br /><br /><img alt="berman-mumford.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/berman-mumford.jpg" title="Marshall Berman Mumford lecture poster" /><br /><br />Previous Lewis Mumford Lectures:<br /><br />2012 - <b>Janette Sadik-Khan:</b> "<a href="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/Mumford2012.jpg">It's Not Impossible to Change a City</a>"<br />2011 - <b>Richard Sennett</b>: "<a href="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/event-ccny.jpg">The Edge: Borders and Boundaries in the City</a>" (video <a href="http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=ccnyssa">archive available</a>)<br />2010 - No lecture<br />2009 - <b>Paul Auster</b>: "<a href="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/PAuster.jpg">City of Words</a>"<br />2008 - <b>David Harvey</b>: "The Right to the City" (audio <a href="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2008/04/30/cities-for-people-not-profits/">podcast available</a>)<br />2007 - <b>Amartya Sen</b>: "<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy9o6GRbkLijSzZn3xPVPluvSIIbR0Oti-nL-0EcXVXI4Pbf2Eyk0NA4HM8nMF7MsGGt9yTSjZemFRiOQ5MkE8uFNKtoeFTs3W5BH24l17pdiQuRLKHS6OVZEgBTj7gzlwTyG2XCAHGZc/s1600/sen-lecture.jpg">The Urbanity of Calcutta</a>" (audio <a href="http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2007/04/27/calcutta-cultural-capital-amidst-urban-misery/">podcast available</a>)<br />2006 - <b>Enrique Peñalosa</b>: "A New Urban Paradigm: Building a Just and Sustainable Metropolis"<br />2005 - <b>Mike Davis</b>: "Planet of Slums"<br />2004 - <b>Jane Jacobs</b>

Emerging from the Ruins

Mark yr calendars: Thursday, May 2 , is the 2012 Lewis Mumford Lecture on Urbanism, to be given by Professor Marshall Berman . The 9th annua...

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