Current Events
Roundtable Discussion and Book Launch for URBAN VOIDS: grounds for change
October 15, 2010
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
How can competitions impact professional practice? How can the city’s ecology inform urban design?
Join us for round-table conversation with Olympia Kazi, Executive Director of the Van Alen Institute, Chris Marcinkoski, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and a founding director of PORT architecture + urbanism, along with the grand prize winning team from URBAN VOIDS (and others) which celebrates the launching of the new publication: Urban Voids: grounds for change.
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About CPA
Mission Statement
City Parks Association acts as a catalyst for change by advancing visionary thinking about natural resources in the urban community.
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History
The City Parks Association was chartered on May 24, 1888 for “the establishment and maintenance of public parks and open spaces throughout the City of Philadelphia.”
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Recent News
Now Available! Urban Voids: grounds for change
September 30, 2010
Featuring essays by key participants and an illustrated finalist gallery, URBAN VOIDS: grounds for change explores the innovative community engagement process and international ideas competition that challenged residents and designers to imagine a sustainable reuse of the vacant land in Philadelphia.
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