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Podcast - Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk Discusses Urban Renewal - Part 2

4 December 2006 - 7:00am

Elizabeth Plater-ZyberkWe present the second part of a three-part series of discussions about urban renewal with architect and planner Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. In the second installment, Plater-Zyberk discusses the patterns of urban transformation occurring around the United States in the context of smaller towns.

In the first installment of this series, Plater-Zyberk discussed Miami 21, the comprehensive planning project her firm Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company is currently developing for the city of Miami. In the forthcoming third part of this series, Plater-Zyberk discusses the role of the next generation of planners, architects and designers in creating livable cities.

This interview was conducted in July 2006 by Planetizen Correspondent Mike Lydon, a graduate student in urban planning at the University of Michigan who spent the summer interning at DPZ and Company.

Podcasts of the first part and the third part of this discussion are also available.

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