What: Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation, Dialogue and Book Launch
5:30 – 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Where: Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch St., Center City Philadelphia
Cost: FREE admission and FREE copy of the Gray Area companion catalog
What: Gray Area is the start of a rousing new conversation about design in historic cities, using Philadelphia as a point of departure.
The evening includes a panel discussion and attendees will take home a free copy of the Gray Area catalog, a compilation of projects and emerging ideas.
Who: Thinkers including
- Tod Williams (Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects)
- Susan Szenasy (Metropolis magazine)
- Lloyd Alter (TREEHUGGER.com)
- Mark Alan Hughes (founding director, Greenworks and Distinguished Senior Fellow PennDesign)
- Randall Mason (Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, Penn School of Design) and;
- Next-gen, young preservationists.
Details/Registration: http://grayarea.eventbrite.com
Gray Area is produced as part of DesignPhiladelphia and is supported by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Heritage Philadelphia Program.
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