Events
"Building Philadelphia: Architecture, History, & Politics" 10-part lecture series
- Date3/6/2012
- Time6:00 pm
- LocationCenter for Architecture, 1218 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
- OrganizationPhiladelphia Center for Architecture
- Cost$200 General Public, $150 Members, $100 Students (w/valid ID) & Associate Members
- Registration Registration required. http://www.cvent.com/d/4cql5y
Building Philadelphia: Architecture, History, & Politics features talks by distinguished local scholars. This fascinating and entertaining series is a great way to discover the history of Philadelphia's built environment. The series explores our city's diverse architectural styles, population changes, advances in building technologies, and the personalities behind our greatest building projects. Find out why Philadelphia became the unique city it is today and how we influenced our nation!
= 10 Consecutive Tuesday Evenings, March 06 - May 08, 6-8pm =
March 06 - Penn's Plan and the Founding of the City (John Andrew Gallery, Executive Director, Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia)
March 13 - From Colonial Capitol to the Athens of America: Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival (Richard Webster, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, West Chester University)
March 20 - Romantic Philadelphia: Eclecticism of Style (Richard Webster, PhD, Professor Emeritus, West Chester University)
March 27 - The Victorian City (Jeffrey Cohen, PhD, Bryn Mawr College)
April 03 - Going on Stilts: The Tall Building in 19th Century Philadelphia (Paula Spilner, PhD, Drexel University)
April 10 - Immigration to the City (Caroline Golab, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University
April 17 - Archaeology, the Transformation of the Urban Landscape, and the President's House (Rebecca Yamin, PhD, and Emanuel Kelly, FAIA)
April 24 - Philadelphia Railroads (Joel Spivak, author & architectural consultant)
May 01 - Misfits and Heroes: Modernism in the Delaware Valley (William Whitaker, Curator, The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania)
May 08 - Ed Bacon and the Future of Philadelphia (Scott Gabriel Knowles, PhD, Drexel University)
