10.26.2009 1:10 pm
‘What is a city?’ conference at UMSL this week
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Urbanists, mark your calendars.
The University of Missouri-St. Louis is hosting an interesting-looking conference later this week. Titled “What is a City?” the one-and-a-half day gathering will take a look at some of the big questions about infrastructure, the built environment and urban life. There’ll be speakers from around the country and panels of local experts, all free (though advanced registration is required).
If that’s the sort of thing that gets your juices flowing, click here to find out more. And free up some time Thursday and Friday to head over to UMSL.
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1998 What is a City Conference. I ‘presente’ Kiel Opera House as
the missing component for downtown St. Louis, the most needed component. I pointed those gathered to 50 cities and towns who are easily taking away our convention and travel business via big downtown music, arts and culture. That number of cities has doubled, since then with Dallas the latest, this past week.
The Museums and Cultural districts’ panelists and presenters agreed.
Joe DuBuque agreed. And… we went to work. Civic Progress said NO.
No A downtown performing arts center DOESNT solve all problems. But, a city without a downtown performing arts center does not exist-especially in the wintertime. I hope someone at UMSL will make the point
and point to the failure of the convention hotel, the empty airport,
and the failed Union Station.
Am hoping there’s going to be some discussion of transit as well as Great Streets, etc.