Event
Christopher Klemek's "The Trans Atlantic Collapse of Urban Renewal: Postwar Urbanism from New York to Berlin" Book Talk and Panel Discussion
History, Institute for Urban Research, Urban Studies
Author: Christopher Klemek, Assistant Professor George Washington University, winner of the 2011 Davidoff prize from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
The Transatlantic Collapse of Urban Renewal examines how postwar thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic considered urban landscapes radically changed by the political and physical realities of sprawl, urban decay, and urban renewal. With a sweep that encompasses New York, London, Berlin, Philadelphia, and Toronto, among others, Christopher Klemek traces changing responses to the challenging issues that most affected the lives of the world’s cities.
Moderator:
Michael Katz, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History University of Pennsylvania
Panelists:
Mark Stern, Professor of Social Policy and Co-Director of Urban Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania
Domenic Vitiello, Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Penn School of Design