newportFILM presents URBANZED with Newport Architectual Forum, City of Newport & van Beuren Charitable Foundation

URBANIZED
in collaboration with the Newport Architectural Forum, the City of Newport and the van Beuren Charitable Foundation

Thursday, May 17
5:30pm film, 7:00pm conversation with community leaders, light food & cocktails
at Casino Theater (9 Freebody Street)
$10 general admission

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"...fascinating, idea-packed.... Urbanized survey[s] both the challenges and promises facing some of the world's important cities.... It is worth venturing out of your room, climbing on your bike or boarding a low-emissions bus and fighting your way through a crowd to see." - NY TIMES

Urbanized is a documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Over half the world’s population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. But while some cities are experiencing explosive growth, others are shrinking. By exploring a diverse range of urban design projects around the world, Urbanized frames a global discussion on the future of cities.

Some of the many participating groups in an informal cocktail party post-film discussion...

Alliance for a Livable Newport

Aquidneck Island Planning Commission - Chris Witt

Aquidneck Land Trust - Ted Clement 

Bike Newport  - Bari George  

City of Newport - Paige Bronk

Energy and Environment Commission - Doug Sabetti

Friends of the Waterfront - Jim Perrier 

Newport Architectural Forum - Ross Cann 

Newport Housing Authority - Jim Reed

Newport in Bloom - Nikki Vazquez

Newport Tree Society - Lilly Dick   

RIPTA - Mark Therrien    

Washington Square Roots - Liz Drayton  

And more....