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Title

Part 1 - Urban Renewal in New London: History and Legacies

Authors

Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University
James Butler, Southeastern CT Council of Governments
Philip Michalowski, former planning consultant and City Development Administrator, City of New London, CT
Anna Vallye, Connecticut College

Document Type

Panel Discussion

Publication Date

12-2-2019

Comments

Like many American cities, New London was dramatically transformed through a series of redevelopment campaigns from the 1940s to the 1970s. A panel discussion at Connecticut College addresses events in New London in the broader context of midcentury urban planning in New England and across the country, the complex consequences and legacies of urban renewal, and the challenges that face planning today.

In this clip, Professor Vallye provides an introduction to urban renewal and introduces the panelists.

Featured speakers: Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University and author of Saving America’s Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux: 2019); Philip Michalowski, former planning consultant and City Development Administrator, City of New London, CT; James Butler, AICP, Executive Director, Southeastern CT Council of Governments;

Moderated by Anna Vallye, Assistant Professor of Art History and Architectural Studies, Connecticut College.

Held Monday, December 2. 5:00pm-7:00pm. Charles Chu Room, Shain Library, Connecticut College.

This event is part of Mapping Urban Renewal in New London: http://bit.ly/ccurbanrenewal

Sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges with Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Friends of the Library.

Abstract

Like many American cities, New London was dramatically transformed through a series of redevelopment campaigns from the 1940s to the 1970s. A panel discussion at Connecticut College addresses events in New London in the broader context of midcentury urban planning in New England and across the country, the complex consequences and legacies of urban renewal, and the challenges that face planning today.

In this clip, Professor Vallye provides an introduction to urban renewal and introduces the panelists.

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Recommended Citation

Cohen, Lizabeth; Butler, James; Michalowski, Philip; and Vallye, Anna, "Part 1 - Urban Renewal in New London: History and Legacies" (2019). Invited Lectures, College Conferences, and Symposia. 3.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/collconferences/3