Occupied Territories, the Space Race, and the Public Domain
Wednesday August 12th - 7:30PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street, New York, NY 10014
The third RIGHT TO THE CITY program is about the promise of public housing; the use of public parks; and the function of public plazas. The three films span four decades, and present realities of public vs. private property, and individuals vs. institutionalized structures, almost inconceivable to us in 2009. Just as inconceivable, perhaps, as the explosive development and gentrification we saw in the last 15 years being now replaced by a collapsed real estate industry; empty luxury office and apartment buildings; and deserted construction sites. A city unfinished, indeed.
RIGHT TO THE CITY:
--For the Living - Lewis Jacobs & Leo Seltzer, 1949, 21 minutes
--Sunday - Dan Drasin, 1961, 17 minutes
--The Social Life of Small Public Spaces - William H. Whyte, 1988, 58 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes | Digital Projection
Discussion with:
--JH Crawford, author of Carfree Cities (International, 2000), and Carfree Design Manual (International, 2009)
--Garrett Ramirez, from Two Coves Community Garden
--Ben Totushek of the Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification
--Teri Tynes of Walking Off the Big Apple
Carfree.com
Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification
Two Doves Community Garden
Walking Off The Big Apple
Brecht Forum
Special thanks to Dan Streible.
(The Whyte film is available on DVD (2005) from Direct Cinema.)