Ed Lebow to talk with PCA

Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress

Shaping of Phoenix’s Urban Landscape

Ed Lebow, Director of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program, will speak to the evolution of Phoenix’s public realm on October 11 at 4:30pm in PCA’s conference room. Phoenix’s urban form zoning ordinance calls for a “connected oasis” to create the kind of street vibrancy, hospitality and interesting landscape that Phoenicians place as a high priority for a greater Downtown Phoenix. Downtown’s public realm is a critical component of PCA’s Action Plan 2011-2016.

In 1996, Mr. Lebow wrote the essay for the accompanying catalogue “Following the Water: Historical and Contemporary Photographs of the Salt River Valley Canals”, organized by the Metropolitan Canal Alliance for their “Desert Canals: At the Confluence of History, Art and Culture exhibit. His work has advised this important visual presentation about Phoenix’s evolving landscape. The photograph above depicts a view of what Phoenix once was. We hope you can join us! Please register by clicking on the event link below:

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=dpgkp4cab&oeidk=a07e4vw9ay35dff674a

GreenTRIP: Webcast 9/28.

At PCA, we want to inform you of a webcast taking place September 28, 2011 at 2:00pm EST (11am PST) regarding GreenTRIP. According to the overview, GreenTRIP was developed “as a transportation tool to promote greater housing affordability in transit rich neighborhoods.”

GreenTRIP has successfully certified five projects in the San Francisco Bay-area which helped provide more walkability, did not limit resident mobility, and decreased traffic and air pollution. Please sign up on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195376523856329

The webcast is organized by LISC Green Development Center and TransForm.

PCA Honors ASU’s President, Michael Crow

On Thursday, September 1 at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Community Alliance will honor Arizona State University (ASU) President Michael Crow with the organization’s Center City Starr Award.

President Michael Crow is being recognized for transforming Arizona State University (ASU) into one of the nation’s leading public metropolitan research universities.  Crow created for ASU a model of academic excellence that he terms the “New American University.”  Under his direction ASU pursues teaching, research, and creative excellence focused on the major challenges of our time, as well as those central to the quality of life, sustainable and economic development of Arizona and the nation.  He has committed ASU to sustainability, social embeddedness, and global engagement, and championed initiatives leading to record levels of diversity in the student body.

There is no adequate way to estimate the impact that President Michael Crow has had on the emergence of Downtown Phoenix as a 21^st Century City.  The expansion of major colleges into the downtown area, such as the College of Nursing and Health Innovation and Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication with their state-of-the art facilities located in the heart of Downtown Phoenix have created a renaissance of new academic energy to the city.  Martin L. Shultz, PCA’s current Chairman, was the Chair of the ASU Alumni Association when Dr. Crow came to ASU regarding the award, “Michael’s leadership in bringing ASU Downtown, a vision that works, has added a young enthusiastic dimension to Downtown’s new critical mass.”