CAC Live: "City on a Hill" Book Talk

How has the quest for Utopia shaped American cities? Join urban planner and professor Alex Krieger as he explores the dreams and ideals that have long influenced our urban settlements, as told in his new book, “City on a Hill.”

Alex Krieger is Professor of Urban Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and principal at NBBJ, a global architecture and planning firm. He has directed downtown and urban waterfront plans in American and international cities, including the reconstruction of the Bund in Shanghai. He has chaired the Department of Urban Planning and Design on three occasions, served as Director of the Urban Design Program, and the Director of the NEA Mayor’s Institute on City Design. He remains an adviser to mayors and their planning staffs, and serves on a number of boards and commissions, including the U.S. Fine Arts Commission in D.C. He has published widely on American urbanization, including his most recent book, City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America From the Puritans to the Present.

Price: $8, Free with registration fee to CAC Members