Month: February 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | 7pm

Geneva Hall, Knox Presbyterian Church (120 Lisgar Street)

**Please note the venue change**  

Access from courtyard on Elgin

Dr. David Gordon, Director and Professor, SURP, Queen’s University

A subway under downtown in 1915?  A major freeway under Laurier Avenue? A hexagonal city grid?  A hockey arena beyond the suburban fringe?  Join renowned capital planning historian and former Ottawa resident David Gordon as he takes us for an illustrated tour through the past of planning and design in Canada’s Capital.  Hear about which planning and urban design decisions went right and which ones were failures, as well as the missed opportunities and projects that thankfully were never built.

Urban Forum thanks their 2011-2012 Season Sponsors:
Golder Associates, City of Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, Ontario Professional Planner Institute, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | Architecture Canada, Ottawa Regional Society of Architects and the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects.

With thanks to: Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Thursday February 9, 2012 | 7pm
Champlain Room, Ottawa City Hall (note the date)

Peter Katz, Planning Director, Arlington County, Virginia; author; consultant

Peter Katz is a key founder of New Urbanism, a movement that takes the good aspects from the old cities we love – walkability, density, mix of uses, and even the front porch – and melds them into today’s cities.

Join Peter, as he reflects on the evolution of New Urbanism beyond its design and environmental roots. Peter’s discussion will demonstrate that New Urbanist mixed-use neighbourhoods not only satisfy our desires for communities with a good quality of life, but also generate sustainable municipal finances.

Future Lecture:

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A historical tour of planning in the National Capital

Dr. David Gordon, Director and Professor, SURP, Queen’s University

Join capital historian David Gordon for an engaging discussion of which planning and urban design decisions went right and which ones did not. David will highlight missed opportunities and projects that thankfully were never built.

Urban Forum thanks their 2011-2012 Season Sponsors:
Golder Associates, City of Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, Ontario Professional Planner Institute, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada | Architecture Canada, Ottawa Regional Society of Architects and the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects.

Thursday February 9, 2012

Peter Katz, Planning Director, Arlington County, Virginia; author; consultant

Peter Katz is a key founder of New Urbanism, a movement that takes the good aspects from the old cities we love – walkability, density, mix of uses, and even the front porch – and melds them into today’s cities.

During the lecture he reflected on the evolution of New Urbanism beyond its design and environmental roots. Peter’s discussion demonstrated that New Urbanist mixed-use neighbourhoods not only satisfy our desires for communities with a good quality of life, but also generate sustainable municipal finances.

With thanks to: Federation of Canadian Municipalities