2/28: The Robert E. Lewis Memorial Lecture - Alexander Garvin

Alexander Garvin, author of "Public Parks: The Key to Livable Communities," explains the rationales for the existence of public parks, the forms they take, their value, ways to pay for and govern them, and the ingredients that make successful parks, providing the first single definitive source of wisdom about them.

Alexander Garvin, strategist of the public realm, is currently president and CEO of AGA Public Realm Strategists, a planning and design firm in New York City. He is adjunct professor of urban planning and management at Yale University, where he has taught a wide range of courses for forty-two years, including Introduction to the Study of the City, which has remained one of the most popular courses in Yale College.