It's Planning Month! Join the City of Tulsa Planning Department and Tulsa Foundation for Architecture as we discover downtown through the eyes of Jane Jacobs, an urban activist from the 1960s who took a critical look about how cities function, evolve, and fail in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities. We will look at the buildings and public spaces that make downtown Tulsa and explore the impact history, preservation, transportation, and urban renewal has had. We will discuss what makes these places successful or not? What changes could be made to make spaces more engaging? We each have our own ideas of what places are vibrant, appealing places; we return frequently to these places!

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Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015

Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN: Topeca Coffee at the Mayo Hotel, 115 W 5th St, Ste 1
END: Guthrie Green

Host: City of Tulsa Planning Department

Theme: Walking, Public Spaces

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open seniors, wheelchairs, children and strollers.

We all have a subconscious understanding of the quality of places from our experience, and know exactly what places are vibrant, engaging places. They are the places we want to return to again and again. But what makes some places successful and others not? An active street life is won or lost in just a few design details, which we will explore as we compare-and-contrast in downtown Salt Lake City. Join us as we discuss how urban designers shape the design of buildings and the public realm to engage people, build value, and make a place memorable.

Please RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/activating-streetscapes-walking-tour-tickets-18787007445

Date:  Friday, October 16, 2015

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN & END: Main Street and 200 South (northwest corner)

Host: Molly Robinson

Theme: Walking, Urban Design

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to bicycles, wheelchairs

Join us on a walking conversation with Seven Canyons Trust and the Jordan River Commission as we explore, reconnect, and reimagine our hidden waterways at the nearby Three Creeks convergence. 

We will walk the route where Red Butte, Emigration, and Parley's creeks flow underneath our urban infrastructure and into the convergence where they reach the confluence of the Jordan River. Here we will explore and reimagine the future of the site and the opportunities for it to become Three Creeks Park. 

Date: October 14, 2015

Time: 3:30 pm + 5:30 pm

Event Start/End: 
Start: Sorenson Unity Center
END: Sorenson Unity Center

Host: Brian Tonetti, Co-Director at the Seven Canyons Trust and Programs & Policy Planner at the Jordan River Commission and Chelsea Gauthier, Associate Director at the Center for the Living City

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to children and strollers.

Registration: No need to register, just show up. But please feel free to share this event page and the Facebook event with your friends, family, colleagues, and networks. Thanks!