Garfield Boulevard Planning Process Concept Presentation
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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. View the public presentation of the University of Chicago’s Garfield Boulevard planning concepts as presented on July 26, 2014, at the Block Party: A Celebration of Arts and Culture on Garfield Boulevard at the University of Chicago’s Arts Incubator. View comments from University of Chicago representatives Theaster Gates, Director of the Arts + Public Life Initiative; Lawrence Zbikowski, Deputy Provost for the Arts; William Towns, Assistant Vice President, Neighborhood Initiatives, Office of Civic Engagement; and Joanna Trotter, Director of Neighborhood Development, Office of Civic Engagement; and Lesley Roth, representing the planning consulting firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz, as they presented the cultural vision and plan concepts for the south side of Garfield Boulevard from Prairie Avenue to Martin Luther King Drive. During this event, participants reviewed and commented on a range of ideas for this one-block stretch of Garfield—many generated by community stakeholders during past meetings—and enjoyed a day of performances by several cultural partners.
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