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More than 200 city planners, architects, and landscape architects open a two-day conference on Urban Design with an eye towards the development and reshaping of American cities.
Jose L. Sert, Dean of the Graduate School of Design, will give the keynote address this morning in Fogg Art Museum, to the group sponsored by the School of Design and its Alumni Association.
Richard J. Neutra, noted Los Angeles architect, will speak on "Attitudes Toward Urban Design" at the Monday session. "Urban Designs of Today" will be considered in afternoon discussion.
The second day of the conference will open with a panel discussion on "Forces That Are Shaping Cities Today." Reginald R. Isaacs, Charles Dyer Professor of Regional Planning, will act as chairman of the group, which includes Charles Abrams, chairman of the New York Anti-Discrimination Commission, Douglas Haskell, editor of Architectural Forum; Gyorgy Kepes, professor of Design at M.I.T.; Lloyd Rodwin, professor of Economics at M.I.T.; Hideo Saski, assistant professor of Landscape Architecture, and Ladislas Segoe, city planning consultant in Cincinnati.
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