Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00 PM
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia and The Athenaeum of Philadelphia are pleased to welcome NY Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman to speak in Philadelphia this fall as the recipient of The Athenaeum's William Strickland Fellowship for 2025.
Kimmelman argues that, while the preservation movement has done more to determine the shape of American cities than nearly anything else in the last half century, it is increasingly contributing to a crippling inertia, focusing too narrowly on bricks and mortar, divorcing itself from a broad public that has other priorities and needs--other things it wishes to preserve. Can we save what matters most in the service of progress?
Q&A and refreshments to follow.
The architecture critic for The New York Times, Michael Kimmelman is the author, most recently, of "The Intimate City," founder and editor-at-large of Headway, a philanthropically supported initiative at the Times focused on global challenges and paths toward progress. He also teaches in Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
This program is presented as part of Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia's 2025 Fall Speaker Series hosted at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Athenaeum members have been emailed a discount code for registration. To receive it again, contact us at events@PhilaAthenaeum.org.
Non-member price: $50.00
Athenaeum member price: $35.00
