LECTURES
Tribute to Vincent Scully
National Building Museum, Washington D.C.
November 12, 1999
Delivered at the presentation of the Vincent Scully Medal.
Is There Still a Reason for Cities?
Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum, New York University, New York, NY
April 12, 1999
For William H. Whyte
January 19, 1999
Technology, Community, and Common Ground
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY
June 13, 1998
For Brendan Gill
April 14, 1998
On the Four Seasons Restaurant
The Four Seasons Restaurant, New York, NY
September 24, 1997
Delivered at the celebration of the restaurant's landmark designation.
Who Needs Cities? Urban Life and the Promise of Community
The Chatauqua Institution, Chatauqua, NY
July 24, 1997
Eulogy for Charles Moore
January 22, 1994
Tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude
American Society of Landscape Architects, New York Chapter, New York, NY
November 3, 2005
Landmarks Preservation at Forty
April 26, 2005
After the World Trade Center: The Struggle to Make a City for Our Time
Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
May 6, 2004
Does Architecture Matter? Thoughts on Buildings, Design, and the Quality of Life
Fixed Income Forum, Chicago, IL
March 25, 2004
Does Architecture Matter? Thoughts on Social Responsibility, Buildings, and the World After September 11th
Baltimore AIA, Baltimore, MD
October 8, 2002
RPA Regional Assembly Keynote Address
April 26, 2002
Frank Lloyd Wright at Hull House: On "The Art and Craft of the Machine"
Hull House Museum, Chicago, IL
March 1, 2001
2008 National Planning Conference
Las Vegas, NV
May 1, 2008
Address to the American Planning Association's 100th National Planning Conference at the Paris and Bally's Hotels in Las Vegas.
From a Symposium on Architecture for Worship in the 21st Century
Institute for Sacred Music, Yale University, New Haven, CT
October 25, 2007
Yale and the Promise of the Modern
Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
December 9, 2006
Delivered at the re-opening of Louis Kahn's Yale Art Gallery.
Tribute to Jane Jacobs
Balthazar Restaurant, New York
October 3, 2006
Presented at the Greenwich Village Historic Preservation Society.
Philip Johnson's Glass House
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Board of Trustees Meeting at The Glass House, New Canaan
May 24, 2006
Presented at the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Board of Trustees Meeting.
Tribute to Allan Greenberg
Driehaus Prize Presentation, Chicago, IL
March 25, 2006
Speech at the presentation of the Driehaus Prize to architect Allan Greenberg.
On Growing Up in Nutley, New Jersey
Nutley Hall of Fame, Nutley, NJ
November 20, 2005
Remarks on being inducted to the Nutley Hall of Fame.