Engaging dialogue about urban planning!
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - Wednesday, January 13, 2016
The City of Calgary presents:
Baconfest 3: Series 1
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 @ 5:30 PM
John Dutton Theatre, Calgary Central Library - 2nd Floor, 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, AB
FREE Admission
You are invited to join us for Baconfest 3 this January for some engaging dialogue about urban planning.
Dates: January 13 and 20, February 3 and 10, 2016.
Time: 5:30 - 8 p.m. (doors at 5:30 p.m., discussion to begin at 6 p.m.)
JANUARY 13 - The Pruitti-Igoe Myth (2011 | 79 mins)
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitti-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative issues that lead to the decline of conventional public housing in America, and the city centres in which they resided, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the projects’ residents. In the post-war years, the American city changed in ways that made it unrecognizable from a generation earlier, privileging some and leaving others in its wake. The next time the city changes, remember Pruitt-Igoe.
About Baconfest
The brain-child of Planning, Development & Assessment General Manager Rollin Stanley, Baconfest was originally intended as one-time film festival in 2014 to celebrate a short film series created by Ed Bacon. The event was so well received by Calgarians that it became an annual film festival celebrating and exploring urbanism in all its forms.
Who is Edmund Bacon?
Ed Bacon is the only city planner to grace the cover page of time magazine in 1964, and on the cover of Life in 1965. While he may be known as the father of Kevin Bacon, the impact of Edmund's work helped shape the landscape of the City of Philadelphia, where he served as the head of the planning commission for two decades beginning in 1949. In retirement, he undertook an extensive four part series titled "Understanding Cities" beginning in 1981.
BACONFEST 3
JANUARY 13, 2016
The Pruitti-Igoe Myth
JANUARY 20, 2016 (followed by Transportation talk)
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
E2: Portland: A Sense of Place
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
Kochuu
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Sprawling from Grace
Short Films
