CONVERSATIONS
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regarding redefining reinventing
THE CITY
Pre-paid Admission $7.50, RE: 7
Urban Tacomas Recent Past
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Sradents Free ith 0 Washington State History Museum.1911 Pacific Ave. Tacoma
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Speakers: David allen, Developer; Bruno Fresci, Architect Michael Sullivan,
Historian; Moderat
David Nicandr, Director, Washington State History Museum
| BRB THe NeicHBORHOOD
Creating Vibrant Communities:
THE BUILDING
Center for Urban Waters
"New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th, Tacoma
October 22, 2009; 6:30 PM
For the past SO years America has been designing public spaces around JW Tacoma, Carwein Hall, Keystone Building
the needs of automobiles, This deference tothe car has significantly Serer
Impacted our culture and our day-to-day life, often in negative ways. he Center for Urban Waters i an office and laboratory facility
The speakers will discuss how this auto-centered model is beginning to be constructed on the eat side ofthe Thea Foss Waterway.
change and how well designed neighborhoods provide the key he Center has been designed to achieve LEED Platinum
Ingredients necessary for healthy communities with examples of vibrant tification, the highest available ofthe USGEC. The project
places which are being planned, built and programmed by residents lesign and development team will help us explore and
themselves. Wwsion Tacomas future built environment through the lens of
his ground-breaking project.
Speakers: Eric . Jacobsen, Urbanist; Jim Diers, Lectures, University of
Washington speaker: Jim Parvey, PE, LEED AP; Dan Seng, AIA LEED AP, CDT;
‘Tom Fitzsimmons, COO; Jim Goldman, LEED AP; Care Petrch,
President, Port of Tacoma Commission; Moderator,
1.1. MeCament, Executive Director, Urban Waters Board
Funding by The Haris Architectural Trust (THAT)
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