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The Civic Center: Spaces for Engagement, Connection, and Dialogue

How have New England’s cities evolved as places of shared civic purpose, and how are community values and obligations are expressed through its architecture and public realm?



Conversation Participants

Elihu Rubin
Henry Hart Rice Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies, Associate Professor of American Studies | Yale School of Architecture 
Amber N. Wiley
Director Institute for Quality Communities | University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture