Yesterday's classes were highlighted by the afternoon lecture "Design for a Vulnerable Planet-Landscape Architecture" given by Dr. Frederick Steiner, Dean of the School of Architecture at UT. Really bright, creative, experienced speaker with great slides. What I loved about the talk was his reference to Texas influence on the landscape of NYC architecture. Central Park's restoration and preservation, the High Line, and Battery Park were all designed by 3 Texas landscape architects who all come out of Alamo Heights. Did I get that right...Heights? Nevertheless they're all out of the same small place in Texas. And boy have they gone on to have great impact on preserving what's good in NYC.
He's also funny and progressive. Dr. Steiner made reference to Tea Baggers who claim sustainability is a "Communist Plot." He gets them where it hurts...he quotes Leviticus and other old testament passages imploring us to save and honor our earth. We like this guy!
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