by OU IQC | Jun 16, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“I desperately wanted to fix my hometown, Miami. To help create place. I thought if we could only convince people, show them the power of place, its value, that things could change. I just needed to find a way to prove that to people.” Mariela Alfonzo...
by OU IQC | Jun 16, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
With increasing globalization and digital technology, it can sometimes seem that the world is becoming placeless. Wilfred McClay describes why a sense of place still matters, and the dangers of ignoring it. Wilfred McClay is the Blankenship Chair in the History of...
by OU IQC | Apr 17, 2015 | Blog, Community Events, Events, Featured Posts
We extended the reach of the 2015 IQC Placemaking Conference by sending three conference speakers on the road in Oklahoma during the week of the conference. Gil Penalosa traveled with the IQC to Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Chuck Marohn and Tripp Muldrow traveled with the...
by OU IQC | Mar 31, 2015 | Blog, Community Events, Events, Featured Posts
We extended the reach of the 2015 IQC Placemaking Conference by sending three conference speakers on the road in Oklahoma during the week of the conference. Gil Penalosa traveled with the IQC to Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Chuck Marohn and Tripp Muldrow traveled with the...
by OU IQC | Mar 30, 2015 | Blog, Featured Posts
We were pleased to welcome more than 800 guests from 55 communities around Oklahoma and other states to the 2015 Placemaking Conference last week. Videos of the lectures will be available soon. Until then, here is a review of the best insights of the day through the...
