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Six months after Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic impact on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, much of the region remains devastated and the city of New Orleans' sustainability is in question. New strategies for assessing and reimagining New Orleans' future are urgently needed. Columbia's Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture will present a symposium on Friday, March 3, entitled Regrounding New Orleans, offering critical perspectives on the city's planning and reconstruction.
The symposium will bring together a wide range of practitioners and scholars from New Orleans and elsewhere to discuss subjects ranging from infrastructure repair and redesign, wetland ecology, economic development and environmental justice to urban planning and architecture. The symposium will run from 1:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Wood Auditorium at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
SCHEDULE
1:00 p.m. Background
Panelists will offer historical perspectives on the environmental, urban, and architectural context of New Orleans
Craig Colten, professor of geography, Louisiana State University; author, An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature (2005); Kristina Ford, former executive director, City Planning Commission, New Orleans; adjunct professor of environmental studies, Bowdoin College; Dell Upton, professor of anthropology and architecture, University of Virginia; author, Madaline: Love and Survival in Antebellum New Orleans (1996); Carol McMichael Reese, professor of urban affairs, Tulane University, moderator
3:30 p.m. On The Ground
Round-table discussion on current developments
Lauren Anderson, director, City of New Orleans Department of Neighborhood Housing; Reed Kroloff, dean, School of Architecture, Tulane University; Wm. Raymond Manning, principal, Manning Architects, New Orleans; Don Marshall, executive director, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; Robert Tannen, artist and planner, DMJM, New Orleans; James Tripp, general counsel, Environmental Defense, New York; Jeanne Nathan, president, Creative Industry, New Orleans, will moderate.
6:30 p.m. Ground For Change
Panelists will discuss the future of the region.
Andrei Codrescu , author, New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City (2006); poet, novelist, screenwriter, architectural essayist, and National Public Radio columnist; Michael Sorkin, author, Some Assembly Required (2001); principal, Michael Sorkin Studio; director, Graduate Urban Design Program, City University of New York; S. Frederick Starr, author, Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn (2001), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (2000), Southern Comfort: The Garden District of New Orleans (1998), and New Orleans Unmasqued (1989); founder, Greater New Orleans Foundation; coleader, Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble; former Vice President, Tulane University. Casey Nelson Blake, professor of history, Columbia University, will offer introductory remarks.
"Parish Pictures," images and soundtrack by Mark Krasnoff and Monique Michelle Verdin
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