Topic Urbanism

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From Times Square to the Grand Central, Jerold S. Kayden leads New York Times architecture critic on a virtual walking tour of Midtown

Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design, recently led…

Oct 19, 2020

Panel Discussion

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Panel Discussion

Apr 13, 2021

12:00PM – 01:30PM

GSD, Gund Hall Virtual Event Space

Panel Discussion

Free and open to the public

Marcus Samuelsson

Excerpt: The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food by Marcus Samuelsson

Born in Ethiopia, raised and trained as a chef in Sweden, and now living and…

Oct 15, 2020

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Excerpt: Right to the City for All: A Manifesto for Social Justice in an Urban Century, by Lorena Zárate

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Oct 14, 2020

Justin Rose active in Baltimore

Urban Planning alum Justin Rose on community organizing in Baltimore: “Often the people who hold the knowledge or insight that can unlock a creative solution are overlooked.”

Excerpted from the Harvard Gazette series, To…

Oct 14, 2020

Sol Camacho

Sol Camacho on the impact of the pandemic on design: “It feels like a completely different world.”

“I feel how much of a protagonist public space is in this moment we’re going…

Oct 7, 2020

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Excerpt: How to Build a New Civic Infrastructure, by Ben Hecht

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Oct 6, 2020

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Excerpt: Cape Town Pride; Cape Town Shame, by Carla Sutherland

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Sep 29, 2020

FBI Building in Washington DC

The Ugliest Building in Washington: Students navigate federal pressures and local values in rethinking FBI site

In late July 2020, Congress could not reach a compromise on a new coronavirus relief…

Sep 21, 2020

Indigenous people of Borneo

A Guidebook to an Empty Land: When the Indonesian government relocates its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, will Indigenous life there be erased?

“When an area is empty, there’s a desire to fill it in—it’s the colonizing mindset,”…

Sep 16, 2020