"The City: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" lecture series, sponsored by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, addresses the potential (and problems) our rapidly growing Phoenix metropolitan community faces. Guests along with local intellects of national stature will ponder
our sprawling, low-rise suburbia, and what kind of megacity and urban fabric our various municipalities might shape for the future.
April 4: Panel Discussion and Audience Dialogue ~
ASU's College of Design dean Wellington Reiter,
Linda Hirshman,
ASU professor Nan Ellin, and
architect Will Bruder will debate and exchange ideas with the audience. Discussion will explore such questions as, What are the most memorable and functional cities you have experienced and why? How might we, collectively, shape a future metropolitan area that is livable and extraordinary?
Free parking is available in the public parking garage located to the west of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and directly behind Los Olivos restaurant on Wells Fargo Avenue. Additional free parking is available at the Old Town Parking Corral at East Second Street and Brown Avenue and at the library parking garage located on Drinkwater Boulevard at East Second Street.
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