Gentrification by Design: Shaping Neighborhood Change

Date:  Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 10:00am

This is a two-part event taking place on Saturday, October 15, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm and on Saturday, October 22, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

If gentrification creates volatility for business-owners and residents in areas with increasing real estate values, what concrete tools are emerging in the design field to address displacement, shape the public realm, and re-direct investments in American neighborhoods?

This two-part program presents three case studies – Los Angeles, Chicago, and Pittsburgh – that illustrate varying dynamics of gentrification in American cities today. Following each case study presentation, students have been invited to contribute to a workshop and respond to design challenges posed by participating guests.

CASE STUDY 1: LOS ANGELES
Saturday, October 15, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Portico 124, Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Yuval Bar-Zemer
Partner, Linear City Development

Elizabeth Timme (M.Arch II ‘10) & Helen Leung (MPP ‘11)
Co-Executive Directors, LA Más 

Oscar Perry Abello
Journalist and Equitable Cities Fellow, Next City
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CASE STUDIES 2 & 3: PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO
Saturday, October 22, 2016
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Portico 124, Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design 

Councilman Daniel Lavelle
City of Pittsburgh Council District 6

Karen Abrams (Loeb Fellow ‘17)
Diversity and Community Affairs Manager, Pittsburgh Redevelopment Authority

Eric Williams
Founder, Silver Room Sound System Block Party 

Emmanuel Pratt (Loeb Fellow ‘17)
Executive Director, Sweet Water Foundation
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Open to the public.

For students interested in participating in the second half of the workshop, some new slots have become available: please email [email protected]by Friday, October 21 to pre-register.