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Monday
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Portland Olmsted Symposium, April
28th - 30th.
The city of Portland, Oregon is also celebrating the centennial
of the Olmsted Brothers' design of their city park system with a
symposium immediately preceding the Seattle conference. For more
about the Portland symposium please visit the Portland
Symposium website.
| 7am-10pm |
Optional:
Train ride to Portland and tour of Portland Park System |
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Extended Tours
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8:00-9:00
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Registration and Displays
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| 9:00-10:30 |
Welcoming
Remarks and Opening Lecture:
"John Charles Olmsted in Seattle", Arleyn Levee |
| 10:45-
12:15 |
SESSION
1
1A. Panel: Challenges in Historic Landscapes
1B. Panel: Parkways to Greenways- Connecting Olmsted Landscapes
1C. Panel: Parks are for People- The Role of Parks Today |
12:15-1:00
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Break
- Pick up box lunches for tours |
| 1:00-5:00 |
SESSION 2
2T1. Tour: In Olmsted's Footsteps- A Tour by Boat and Bus
2T2. Tour: Seattle Olmsted Parks Bus Tour
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| 5:30-7:00 |
Opening
Night Reception |
| 7:00-9:00 |
Introductory
Remarks and Keynote Lecture: "Olmsted, Now More Than Ever",
Jane Holtz Kay |
| 8:00-9:00 |
Continental
breakfast and presentation by City Parks Alliance;
Registration and Displays |
| 9:00-10:00 |
SESSION 3
3A. Lecture: "The Future of our Parks: In Harmony
with the Past", Patricia O'Donnell
3B1. Panel: Filling the Gaps - How the Olmsted Vision Keeps Growing
3B2. Presentation: "The Excellent Park System in the 21st
Century", Peter Harnik
3C1. Panel: Environmental Challenges in Historic Urban Landscapes
3TX. E. B. Dunn Garden Tour ($10
charge - 2 1/2 hour tour)
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| 10:10-11:10 |
SESSION
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4A1. Workshop: "Tools
of Historic Assessment", Lucy Lawliss
4B. Lecture: "Designing New Projects in
the Olmsted Spirit" Faye Harwell
4C1. Panel: Economic Benefits of Open Space |
| 11:20-12:20 |
SESSION
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5A1. Presentation: Managing for Character. Part 1
5A2. Panel: Save It, Restore It, Change It? Case studies of designing
in historic landscapes.
Part 1
5B1. Presentation: Weaving Open Space Through Cities
5C1. Presentation: "Responding to Social Needs and Issues:
Historic
perspectives and contemporary
challenges", Charles E. Beveridge
and Kevin Moore |
| 12:20-1:00 |
Break
- pick up lunches for tours |
| 1:00-5:00 |
SESSION
6 (including lunch)
6A1. Mobile Workshop: Managing for Character- Part 2
6A2. Mobile Workshop: Save It, Restore It, Change It? Case studies
of designing in
historic landscapes. Part 2
6B1. Mobile Workshop: Parkways to Greenways
6B2. Mobile Workshop: Brownfields to Greenfields
6B3. Mobile Workshop: Red, White and Blue to Green
6B4. Mobile Workshop: Greenspaces from Thin Air
6T1. Tour: Olmsted Parks and Boulevards by Bicycle (rental
fee may apply)
6T2. Tour (self-guided): Paddle Lake Union (rental fee may
apply)
6TX. Tour: E. B. Dunn Garden Tour ($10 charge) |
| 6:00-8:00 |
Reception at the Rainier Club - Optional ($25
charge) |
| 8:00-9:00 |
Registration
and Displays |
| 9:00-9:45 |
SESSION
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7A. Lecture: "Olmsted's Design Principles and Their Relevance
Today",
Charles E. Beveridge |
| 10:00-10:45 |
SESSION
8
8A1. Presentation: "The
Olmsteds in the West", David Streatfield
8A2. Presentation: "Restoring Olmsted Parks - Prospect Park",
Christian
Zimmerman
8C1. Panel: Parks and Health
8C2. Panel: Parks and Cultural Diversity
8TX. Tour: E. B. Dunn Garden Tour ($10 charge) |
| 11:00-12:15 |
SESSION
9
9A1. Presentations: Olmsted
From Canada to California, "John Charles
Olmsted in Western Canada:
Designs for the twentieth-century suburban
landscape", by Larry McCann, and "The Panama-
California Exposition
(1915): A Critical Evaluation of the Olmsted
Brothers' Western Design
Model", by Christy O'Hara
9A2. Presentations: Exploring Three Olmsted Park Systems,
"A Tale of Two
Parks Systems - Baltimore
and Seattle", by Edward Orser, and "Recognizing
Spokane's Olmsted Park System", by Sally Reynolds
9C1. Presentation: Parks and Happiness, Kathy Wolf
9C2. Panel: Greenbacks for Greenspaces |
| 12:30-2:00 |
Luncheon
and Plenary Session: "The
Olmsted Vision and the Future of Parks and Open Space" , Mike
Houck, Tupper Thomas |
| 2:00-5:00 |
SESSION
10
10C1. Tour: Revitalizing Neighborhood Parks
10C2. Tour: Walk Around Olmsted's Green Lake
10T1. Tour: Seattle Olmsted Parks and Boulevards by Bus
10T2. Tour: Washington Park Arboretum
10T3. Tour: Olmsted Parks and Boulevards by Bicycle (rental
fee may apply)
10T4. Tour: Paddle Lake Union (rental fee may apply)
10TX. Tour: E. B. Dunn Garden Tour ($10 charge) |
| 5:00-7:00 |
Groundbreaking
Ceremony and Conference Closing Presentations and Reception at Volunteer
Park and the Seattle Asian Art Museum |
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Tours - not included in registration
fee; space is limited |
| 9:00-1:00 |
Morning Tours |
ST1
Center for Urban Horticulture and Washington Park
Arboretum
ST2 Rhododendron Species Garden |
($15 charge)
($25 charge) |
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| 9:00-4:00 |
Full-Day
Tours (lunch included) |
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ST3 Bloedel Reserve and Islandwood,
Puget Sound
Environmental Learning Center
ST4 Thornewood Castle and Lakewald
ST5 Mountains to Sound Greenway and Cedar River
Environmental Learning Center
ST6 Special Tour of The Highlands- An Olmsted-designed
Subdivision
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($55
charge)
($50 charge)
($35 charge)
($50 charge) |
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Pre-
and Post-conference Extended Tours
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Tour
1:
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Wednesday,
April 30,
7am - 10pm |
Travel in
the Footsteps of John Charles Olmsted |
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a round-trip train tour, Seattle-Portland-Seattle, including lectures
and a tour of Portland's Olmsted Landscapes |
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Tour
2:
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Sunday,
May 4,
7am - 8pm |
His
Residential Masterpiece: The Uplands, Victoria, British Columbia |
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Travel
by boat aboard the Victoria Clipper to Victoria, B.C. for a tour
of J. C. Olmsted's residential masterpiece, "The Uplands",
and Victoria, B.C. |
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Tour
3:
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Saturday
- optional return,
May 3-4/5/6 |
Rosario
Resort- A residential landscape on Orcas Island in the San Juan
Islands |
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Travel
by float plane to visit Olmsted-designed landscapes: Rosario Resort,
on Orcas Island and The Uplands, Victoria, B.C.. Participants have
the option to return Sunday evening, Monday or Tuesday. |
more
information |
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