Time and Place

Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Architecture and Urban Planning Building 170

Bio

Alan Ehrenhalt is a journalist and columnist with a special interest in urban trends and metropolitan politics. He recently authored The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City (2012). In February 2017, he reviewed in the New York Times’ Sunday Book Review section The New Brooklyn: What It Takes to Bring a City Back by Kay S. Hymowitz. Some of his recent columns in Governing magazine have included “The Limits of Café Urbanism” (March 2017), “Shopping Inside Is Out” (February 2017), “Boulevard Dreams” (December 2016) and “The Reality of Mayors’ Economic Promises” (November 2016).

Ehrenhalt was executive editor of Governing Magazine for 20 years and is currently one of its senior editors. He has contributed to The New York Times op-ed page, the Washington Post Book World, New Republic, and The Wall Street Journal. Earlier in his career he wrote a volume on urban history: The Lost City: Discovering the Forgotten Virtues of Community in the Chicago of the 1950s (1995). His other books include Democracy in the Mirror: Politics, Reform and Reality in Grassroots America (1998) and The United States of Ambition: Politicians, Power and the Pursuit of Office (1991).

The Charles Causier Memorial Lecture is held annually in honor of the late alumnus and colleague. Charles Causier worked passionately as a professional planner, citizen planner and inspirational educator. Students, staff, faculty, and friends of the University are all invited to attend. There is a reception with light food after the lecture.

(No RSVP is necessary.)
APA members seeking AICP-CM credits may receive 1.0 AICP credit for attending the lecture.

Need Parking?

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Need Directions?

Get directions to The School of Architecture and Urban Planning building at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is located at 2131 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Questions, comments?

Please contact Benjamin Joseph Block, Department of Urban Planning Project Assistant at bblock@uwm.edu