REINVENTING PUBLIC SPACE
In Business Improvement Districts
Symposium Schedule
9:00 – 9:30 am
Welcome! + Research Overview
Dan Pitera, FAIA, Dean, Professor, University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture and Community Development
Tricia Meehan, PhD, Associate Professor, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Normandie
Building Networks
9:30 – 11:00 am
Moderator: Barbara Knecht, Principal, Strategies for Cities
Place + Mobility: Leveraging Infrastructure Improvements to Create Stronger Commercial Districts
Janet Attarian, AIA, Principal, SmithGroup
The Care of Place: How an Equitable Place Management Initiative in Boston Strengthened Social Infrastructure and Built Shared Power
F. Philip Barash, Past Fellow, Boston Foundation
Private Investment in the Design and Governance of the Public Realm: Downtown Toledo, Ohio
Andreas Luescher, PhD, Professor, Bowling Green State University
Sujata Shetty, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Toledo
11:00 – 11:15 am
BREAK
Crossing Thresholds
11:15 – 12:30 pm
Moderator: Virginia Stanard, Associate Professor, University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture and Community Development
BIDs Beyond Business-As-Usual: Post-Transactional Storefront Futures
Conrad Kickert, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo
Case Studies of Public/Private Interface at the Building Façade
Brian Rebain, RA, Principal, Kraemer Design Group
12:30 -1:30 pm
LUNCH
Lightning Talks
1:30 – 2:15 pm
Moderator: Conrad Kickert, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo
Making Social Streets Endemic: Lessons from the Pandemic
Simon David, Architect & PLA, Founding Principal, OSD | Outside
Mix-Tape Zoning
Noah Resnick, AIA, Associate Dean, Professor, University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture and Community Development
Business Improvement Districts Role in the Continuum of Care
Haley Schultheis, Challenge Detroit Fellow | Community & Home Supports
Testing Scenarios
2:15 – 3:45 pm
Moderator: Kenneth J. Kokroko, PLA, ASLA
Finding Transformative Spaces through Blurring Academia and Practice
Dorian Moore, FAIA, Vice President, Archive Design Studio
Avenue 3 Miami
Glenda Puente, AIA, Glenda Puente/Architect
Transforming Car Space to People Space: How the 2020’s are Reshaping Urban Landscapes in the City of Chicago
Brett Weidl, PLA, SmithGroup
3:45 – 4:00 pm
BREAK
Roundtable Discussion
4:00 – 5:15 pm
Moderator: Charles Cross, ASLA, Detroit Collaborative Design Center
Actors’ Perspective
Gina Cavaliere, Downtown Detroit Partnership
Meagan Elliott, City of Detroit
Mark Wallace, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
5:15 – 5:30 pm
BREAK
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Keynote: Jerry Mitchell, PhD, Professor, School of Public and International Affairs,The City University of New York
Title: The Past, Present, and Future of City Places.
For further questions, please contact the Steering Committee at reinventingpublicspace@gmail.com.
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