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SUMMARY:What Pandemic-Era Experiments Can Teach Us About the Future of Public Space
DESCRIPTION:Lessons from Philadelphia’s pandemic-era streeteries\n\n\nWhen the pandemic hit\, cities around the world turned parking spaces into lively outdoor dining areas known as “streeteries” or “COVID cafés.” For a moment\, sidewalks\, streets\, and parklets became some of the city’s most vibrant spaces. However\, the rise and fall of these installations also highlighted a deeper story: how policies\, regulations\, and local politics determine who is allowed to use the street—and who is not. \nThis panel brings together researchers and local practitioners studying how streeteries spread across cities\, with a spotlight on Philadelphia’s experience\, and why some neighborhoods experienced many while others saw few\, and how shifting rules ultimately led to many of them disappearing. Their work sheds light on a bigger question facing cities everywhere: Will temporary pandemic experiments lead to lasting improvements in how we design and share public space? \nJoin us for a conversation about what cities—including Philadelphia—got right\, what proved challenging\, and what these lessons mean for the future of our streets and public space. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nJosh Davidson\, Assistant Professor of Data Science and Computer Science\, Oberlin College\nAriel Ben-Amos\, Adjunct Faculty\, Department of City and Regional Planning\, University of Pennsylvania; Policy and Partnerships Group Supervisor\, Philadelphia Water Department; and Founder\, StreetBoxPHL\n\nPHOTO: Outdoor dining at Booker’s restaurant in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/what-pandemic-era-experiments-can-teach-us-about-the-future-of-public-space/
LOCATION:Meyerson Hall\, Lower Gallery\, University of Pennsylvania\, 210 South 34th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Richards Transportation Initiative at Penn Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:A day of panels\, innovation\, and dialogue at the intersection of research and real-world transportation solutions.\n\n\nBackground\nCelebrate the official launch of the Richards Transportation Initiative at Penn (R-TRIP)—a new\, university-wide center that connects academic research with the practical challenges facing transportation systems across the country. \nHosted in the beautiful Nubian Gallery at the Penn Museum\, this event brings together top minds from across disciplines and sectors for an engaging morning of panels\, student showcases\, and interactive discussions. \nWe’ll explore themes like innovation in transportation culture\, the growing role of AI in infrastructure\, and public-private partnerships driving change. \nThe event culminates with a fireside chat featuring Leigh Palmer\, Vice President of Google Public Sector\, with questions submitted by Penn students. \nLunch will be provided at 12:00PM \n\n\nFounding Sponsors (list still in formation):\n\nGoogle Public Sector\nAtkinsRéalis\nBentley Systems\nHNTB\nINRIX\nSTV\nWSP\n4M Analytics\nSlalom\n\n \nInterested in supporting R-TRIP? Visit https://penniur.upenn.edu/initiatives/richards-transportation-initiative-at-penn to learn more and get in touch! \n\n\nNOTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY\, FILMING\, OR RECORDING AT THE PENN MUSEUM\nPhotography and video may be captured during this event for promotional use by RTRIP and the University of Pennsylvania. \nBy attending\, you consent to the use\, publication\, and distribution of any photos\, videos\, or recordings taken during the event.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-richards-transportation-initiative-at-penn-launch-event/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, Ancient Egypt & Nubia Gallery\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Richards Transportation Initiative at Penn Networking Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the launch of R-TRIP at Penn with drinks\, networking\, and leaders from the future of transportation.\n\n\nBackground\nJoin us for a celebratory Networking Happy Hour to kick off the launch of the Richards Transportation Initiative at Penn (R-TRIP)—a new interdisciplinary initiative focused on advancing innovative\, real-world transportation solutions. \nMeet and mingle with faculty\, students\, transportation professionals\, and the founding members of R-TRIP’s Public Sector Advisory Committee\, which includes CEOs representing transit\, highways\, airports\, tolling\, and city systems from public agencies across the country. \nThe evening will feature brief remarks from faculty and representatives of our founding sponsors. Refreshments will be served. \nOpen to all—students\, faculty\, partners\, and guests are welcome. Remarks begin at approximately 5:15 PM. \n\n\nFounding Sponsors:\n\nGoogle Public Sector\nAtkinsRéalis\nBentley Systems\nHNTB\nINRIX\nSTV\nWSP\n4M Analytics\nSlalom\n\n \nInterested in supporting R-TRIP? Visit https://penniur.upenn.edu/initiatives/richards-transportation-initiative-at-penn to learn more and get in touch! \n\n\nNOTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY\, FILMING\, OR RECORDING AT THE KLEINMAN CENTER FOR ENERGY POLICY\nThis event may be photographed or recorded for use in R-TRIP promotional materials. By attending\, you consent to the use of your image and likeness.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-richards-transportation-initiative-at-penn-networking-happy-hour/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, Fisher Fine Arts Library\, 220 S. 34th St.\, Kleinman Forum\, 4th Floor\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia’s Green Transformation: From Research to Action
DESCRIPTION:Join the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society & Penn IUR to learn of community-driven efforts to make Philadelphia cleaner\, greener\, and safer.\n\n\nPlease join the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) for a discussion of the community-driven efforts to make Philadelphia cleaner\, greener\, and safer for all. \nPanelists will address how non-profit leaders\, community organizers\, and researchers work to improve and maintain Philadelphia’s diverse public and underutilized spaces. PHS’s long running LandCare program has been the subject of interdisciplinary research at Penn for almost 15 years — looking at its impact on real estate values\, crime\, safety\, health\, and well-being. \nThrough PHS’s programs like LandCare\, Tree Tenders\, and Community Gardens\, it equips communities with resources while also serving as a trusted partner to expand green infrastructure and influence public policy across the region. \nPanelists will also explore opportunities in research and practice to deepen the impact of programs such as these. \nPanelists include: \n\nCharles Branas\, Chair and Gelman Professor of Epidemiology\, Columbia University\n\n\nShane Jensen\, Professor of Statistics and Data Science\, The Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\n\n\nMatt Rader\, President\, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society\n\n\nTony Sorrentino\, Incoming Chief Executive Officer\, Fairmount Park Conservancy\n\n\nJames Wright\, Project Manager for Strategy and Operations\, Center for Health Justice\, Perelman School of Medicine\, University of Pennsylvania\n\nModerated by: \nSusan Wachter\, Co-Director\, Penn Institute for Urban Research; Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate\, Professor of Finance\, The Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania \nPhoto courtesy of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society \nNOTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY\, FILMING\, OR RECORDING AT PENN IUR \nOn any day\, the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) may have a photographer or videographer in the building\, or otherwise be recording or transmitting audio and/or video. These photos\, videos\, and audio recordings or transmissions may be used in Penn IUR publications and promotional materials\, on our website\, or be distributed by Penn IUR to other public websites. \nThe photographer or videographer will be noticeable\, and/or there will be a notice indicating that audio and/or video will be recorded in or transmitted from that area. You may choose to absent yourself from any area that is being filmed\, photographed\, or recorded. \nPlease note that any photographs\, videos\, and recordings belong to Penn IUR and that no one will receive any payment or other compensation for an appearance in any video\, photograph\, or recording. Your choice to remain in the area implies your consent to the use\, copyright\, publication\, republication\, distribution\, display\, and performance of the photographs\, videos\, recordings\, and transmissions in Penn IUR-approved materials.
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LOCATION:Irvine Hall\, Amado Recital Room\, University of Pennsylvania\, 3401 Spruce St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nowak Memorial Lecture | Founding Visions: A Journey of Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special lecture honoring Nowak’s legacy and exploring the power of collaboration with Reinvestment Fund.\n\n\n7th Annual Nowak Memorial Lecture \nFounding Visions: A Journey of Collaboration & Impact \nHow can mission-driven finance drive social change? The Penn Institute for Urban Research and Reinvestment Fund invite you to the Seventh Annual Jeremy Nowak Memorial Lecture. On this\, the 20th anniversary year of Penn IUR and the 40th anniversary of the origination of Reinvestment Fund\, we will reflect on the mission and impact of community development financial institutions and the leadership role played by Reinvestment Fund in these efforts. Speakers will examine how visionary leadership and partnerships can reshape communities for the better. \nThis discussion brings together three community development leaders and founding members of Reinvestment Fund—Pat Smith\, Joyce Wilkerson\, and Eva Gladstein—who will share their experiences in launching what was originally the Delaware Valley Community Reinvestment Fund. They will explore the economic and social conditions that motivated their work\, the challenges of building an institution dedicated to advancing equity through investment\, and the decision to bring on Jeremy Nowak\, a community organizer\, as the organization’s first President and CEO. Jeremy would later become a member of the Penn IUR Advisory Board. \nModerated by Dr. Katherine O’Regan\, Professor of Public Policy and Planning at the NYU Wagner School and Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy\, former HUD Assistant Secretary for Policy\, Development and Research\, Reinvestment Fund Board Member\, and Penn IUR Fellow\, this conversation will offer a rare\, first-hand perspective of the origin of this Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) by its founding members and the values that continue to guide its work—collaboration\, data-driven decision-making\, and a steadfast commitment to expanding opportunity in disinvested communities.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/nowak-memorial-lecture-founding-visions-a-journey-of-collaboration/
LOCATION:Penn Carey Law\, 3501 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Defying Displacement: Book Talk and Conversation with Andrew Lee
DESCRIPTION:Join the us for this book talk and conversation on Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War\, a new book by AK Press.\n\n\nCities around the world are in the midst of a profound transformation as the wealthy price out the remnants of the urban working class\, especially people of color. Displacement is neither accidental or inevitable. It happens because a whole range of people and institutions profit handsomely. Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War\, focused on the US but informed by global examples\, investigates gentrification from the perspective of the people fighting it\, members of communities whose survival is threatened by some of the most powerful institutions on the planet. \nJoin the Penn Institute for Urban Research and the Weitzman School’s Department of City and Regional Planning for this book talk and conversation on Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War\, a new book by AK Press. The book highlights activists and residents in struggle against displacement and how they are charting the way forward to affordable and sustainable cities run by the people who inhabit them. \nAndrew Lee\, author and activist\, will be joined in conversation with Akira Drake Rodriguez\, Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning. \nAndrew Lee has been involved with grassroots anti-displacement campaigns in San José\, California. He currently lives in Philadelphia\, where he continues to work on similar issues. He has written for Yes! Magazine\, Teen Vogue\, and The Progressive and serves as Managing Editor for The Anti-Racism Daily. \nAkira Drake Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. Her research examines the ways that disenfranchised groups re-appropriate their marginalized spaces in the city to gain access to and sustain urban political power. She is the author of Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta’s Public Housing (UGA Press\, 2021)\, which explores how both the politics of public housing planning and race in Atlanta created a politics of resistance within public housing developments.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/defying-displacement-book-talk-and-conversation-with-andrew-lee/
LOCATION:Meyerson Hall\, 210 South 34th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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