Cultivating the City: A Conversation on Green Space

Close out Perennial City: Experiments in Urban Gardens with an intimate conversation with Nate Ela, Danielle Russell, and Liesl Olson
About this Event

Close out Perennial City: Experiments in Urban Gardens with an intimate conversation with key exhibition researcher and, Danielle Russell from Openlands. Nate Ela is Associate Professor of Law at Temple University of author of the forthcoming Cultivating the City: The Long Struggle to Put Land to Use (University of Chicago Press, 2027). Danielle supports Openlands as the Conservation Planning Specialist, where she facilitates community-led initiatives, planning initiatives and programs that advance Openlands’ Strategic Plan. They will join Hull-House Director Liesl Olson for a conversation about land use, Hull-House, gardening, and the history and present-days uses of public green spaces in Chicago. They will also consider how communities today can take action when it comes to how land around them is stewarded.

Agenda

🕑: 05:15 PM - 05:45 PM
Tour of Perennial City
🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Conversation with Nate Ela, Danielle Russell, and Liesl Olson
Host: Liesl Olson
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Reception