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How America’s Best Idea – National Parks – Came to Fruition with Dennis Drabelle

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia 219 S. 6th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Dennis Drabelle discusses his new book, The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks, with Shaun Eyring Manager, Cultural Resources Division National Park Service. About the Book: Wallace Stegner called national parks “the best idea we...

$15

Exploring Early Ideas of the Marvelous Natural World with Rebecca Bushnell

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia 219 S. 6th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Long before the Romantics embraced nature, people in the West saw the human and nonhuman worlds as both intimately interdependent and violently antagonistic. In this talk based on her recent anthology of nature writing before 1700, The Marvels of the...

$15

Designing a Planet – For Better or Worse? w/ Richard Weller

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia 219 S. 6th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

This lecture will explore ways in which planners, designers and conservationists are now trying to reconcile urban growth and environmental values on a planetary scale. Richard Weller is the Meyerson Chair of Urbanism and Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture...

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