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January 21, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Beth Nowell or
Cindy Kelly, 410-516-0341
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Annual Garrett Lecture on Urban Issues
The task to sustain the legacy of Baltimore's great urban
parks -- Druid Hill,
Patterson, Carroll and Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park - gets harder
each year as the City s
Bureau of Parks faces ever-dwindling public funds. Galen Cranz, a
University of
California at Berkeley professor of architecture, will examine
the livelihood of urban
parks in a lecture at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 22, at the Evergreen
House Museum, 4545 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. Her talk,
A New Model for
Urban Parks: The Importance of Ecological, Social and Cultural
Opportunities, will
explore what opportunities to cultivate urban parks today s
policy makers are missing;
review the changing roles of urban parks in the 20th century and
offer a new model for
the parks of the 21st century. Cranz will include her ideas about
public art and its
importance in the park environment in the future.
Cranz's current work focuses on environmental design, parks,
open space, and
public art. She has contributed articles and essays to a wide
range of publications and is
the author of the influential book The Politics of Park
Design: A History of Urban
Parks in America. In 1985, Cranz lead the design team that
won first place in the
National Endowment for the Arts' Cityscape Design Competition for
St. Paul, Minn.
Historically, recreation and urban planning issues were
important to the Garrett
family, the original owners of the historic Evergreen House. The
Garrett Lecture on
Urban Issues commemorates that interest. Admission is $8 for
Evergreen House
members and $10 for non-members. A reception will follow the
lecture. To make
reservations or for more information please call 410-516-0341.
The Garrett Lecture
Series on Urban Issues is made possible in part through the
generous support of The
Abell Foundation.
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