Forum Series :: Spring 2010
Mar 1st, 2010 by admin
The eight-week series begins March 17, with a lecture held each Wednesday from noon to 1p.m. in the second floor auditorium of the Johns Hopkins Downtown Center, 10 N. Charles Street.
This Spring’s lecture topics range broadly, from a discussion of what is happening today to what happened two centuries ago, and from discussion of the philosophy of city building to the practical exercise of creating new zoning ordinances. Each lecture is followed by a Question and Answer session. All lectures are free and open to the public. Attendees are invited to bring a brown-bag lunch.
March 17, 2010
The Irish Shrine and Railroad Museum
Mary Ellen Hayward, author of Baltimore’s Alley Houses, Homes for Working People since the 1780′s, discusses this little-known Lemmon Street museum and the Irish immigrants who once populated the neighborhood. A great way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!
March 24, 2010
Baltimore Architecture of the Early Republic
Damie Stillman, the John W. Shirley Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Delaware and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Buildings of the United States, who is working on a book to be called Neo-classicism in America: The Architecture of the Young Republic, will discuss Baltimore architecture of that period.
March 31, 2010
Monuments and Monumentality
Jeremy Kargon, an architect on staff at Morgan State University, presents an illustrated discussion of statuary in the Monumental City, traces the history of these monuments, and relates the monuments to the city’s recognition of American history.
April 7, 2010
Westside-the 10th Anniversary and Beyond
Kathy Robertson, Westside Coordinator of the Baltimore Development Corporation, knows every building and alley on the Westside. She will discuss 10 years of redevelopment progress, upcoming projects, and answer questions about future plans.
April 14, 2010
The Design Challenge of Columbia’s Downtown
Roger Lewis, professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, practicing architect, author of a standard textbook on the practice of architecture, and Washington Post columnist, discusses the myriad design challenges faced by the aging town center of Columbia, Maryland.
April 21, 2010
Transform Baltimore
Laurie Feinberg, chief of Comprehensive Planning for the Baltimore City Planning Department, discusses the mammoth and long-awaited rewrite of the City’s zoning code, and the timetable for release of the draft of the new form-based code.
April 28, 2010
Not in My Neighborhood
Antero Pietila, retired Baltimore Sun editorial writer, discusses what he learned from his long career writing for the Baltimore Sun and how he saw a need to address and create rhetoric focusing on this historically problematic American city. Not in My Neighborhood explains why Baltimore is still suffering the aftereffects of long-term racial segregation and bigotry on both a city and federal level.
May 5, 2010
The Thomas Viaduct: North America’s oldest major railroad viaduct celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2010
James D. Dilts, architectural and railroad historian, discusses the engineering and construction of the B&O Railroad’s 1835 bridge at Relay, MD, its role in history, its meaning today, and the celebration plans for this National Historic Landmark.
Launched in 1987 by AIA Baltimore, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation is a non-profit, educational, public-oriented outreach organization. The Foundation focuses its attention and energies on helping to promote an understanding of and an appreciation for Baltimore’s built environment – it does this through publishing books on Baltimore’s architecture, walking tours, lectures, public programs, and an architecture-in-the-schools program. The Foundation is also actively engaged in researching the early architectural firms and practitioners of architecture in Baltimore.
