Peter Tokofsky is an education specialist at the Getty Museum and an adjunct faculty member in the department of German at UCLA. Before moderating a panel at the Getty on how people reinvent spaces, he talked about his biggest weakness (punctuality), the biggest surprise in his life (fatherhood), and his favorite German word (which is somewhat unpronounceable for non-speakers) in the Zócalo green room.
Camilo José Vergara is a New York-based sociologist and photographer who photographs the same urban locations over time to document changing communities. Before participating in a panel on how people …
Architect Peter Tolkin is the founding principal of South Pasadena-based Peter Tolkin Architecture. Before participating in a panel on how people reinvent spaces, he talked about Ghana, stinky cheese, and …
Fred Kent is the founder and president of the Project for Public Spaces, a New York-based organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities. …
Architect Válery Augustin is principal of Dn/A, an architecture and design firm based in Los Angeles and Miami. Before participating in a panel on how architects shape cities, he talked …
Catherine Gudis directs the public history program at UC Riverside and is the author of Buyways: Billboards, Automobiles, and the American Cultural Landscape. Before participating in a panel on how …
We accord both architects and their buildings celebrity status, but how much do blueprints ultimately influence the way we live or the way our cities develop? Architects, planners, designers, and …
Architect Peter Tolkin is the founding principal of South Pasadena-based Peter Tolkin Architecture. Before participating in a panel on how people reinvent spaces, he talked about Ghana, stinky cheese, and …
The Brooklyn Bridge was truly an American project embodying a certain American ideal. And people celebrated that fact from the start.
On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge—after 14 years of …
In an age when you can purchase a beach umbrella with solar panels to charge your smartphone, defining a public space—and differentiating it from the digital realm—is complicated. A Zócalo/Getty …
