Inside The Museum Without Walls

• Artist: Planetizen
• Title: Planetizen Podcast - 2007-10-08 - Inside The Museum Without Walls
• Album: Planetizen Podcast
• Genre: Podcast
• Year: 2007
• Length: 8:20 minutes (3.82 MB)
• Format: Stereo 22kHz 64Kbps (CBR)

In this podcast we talk with former Salt Lake City Planning Director Stephen Goldsmith, and now the creator and curator of the Temporary Museum of Permanent Change, a conceptual planning project that aims to change the way people think about urban development. Stephen talks about what the museum is and how it fits in to the changing downtown of Salt Lake City.

By increasing awareness that the developing downtown is not closed for business and emphasizing the different ways cities change over time, the goal of the Temporary Museum of Permanent Change is to reconnect the community to its surroundings.

Goldsmith calls it "a way to change the way people feel about their city. Their city is archaeology, their city is commerce, their city is a ballet, as Jane Jacobs used to say. Their city is all these things, and because you’re labeling it 'museum', it changes the way people think just by changing the name."

Viewing Urban Change Through A Different Lens, an article about the Museum and the development of downtown Salt Lake City, is also available on Planetizen.