The City of Calgary presents:

Baconfest 3: Series 2

Wednesday, January 20, 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.)

Everyday Activist: Baconfest 3 Preview >

JANUARY 20 - followed by Transportation talk

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City (2010 | 56 mins)

Few individuals have had more impact on the American city than architect and planner Daniel Hudson Burnham. In the midst of late 19th century urban disorder, Burnham offered a powerful vision of what a civilized American city could look like that provided a compelling framework for Americans to make sense of the world around them. He built some of the first skyscrapers in the world, directed construction of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition that inspired the City Beautiful Movement, and created urban plans for San Francisco, Washington DC, Chicago, Cleveland and Manila all before the profession of urban planning existed. In fact, some say he invented it.

E2: Portland: A Sense of Place (2009 | 26 mins)

Thanks to a progressive public transportation portfolio that includes train, streetcar, bus and aerial tram, Portland has become a global model of TOD. For more than 40 years, city planners have uniquely integrated transport decisions into urban growth and development efforts. The result: Portland is consistently ranked as one of the country’s most livable cities, boasting a healthy two percent population growth annually – and the second lowest per capita transportation spending of the 28 largest U.S. metropolitan areas.

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

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