Reclaim Market Street! exhibition opening party September 6, 2011

Sept 6, 6 pm to 8 pm

Join us to celebrate the opening of Reclaim Market Street! with spirited gallery talks, refreshments, a presentation by the Studio for Urban Projects and more!
In 2015, Market Street will be remade as the culmination of a four-year public process called the Better Market Street Project. Reclaim Market Street!, created by the Studio for Urban Projects, augments this ongoing community program by staging a series of interventions that engage the public in changing the street. Accompanying these events is an exhibition at the San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association (SPUR) that provides context for these pilot projects by highlighting the many ways in which cities, nationally and internationally, are engaged in reimagining their public spaces through experimental urban planning. The exhibition will be on display from September 6, 2011 until January 6, 2012.

RELATED EVENTS & PROGRAMS
All events are free and open to the public.
Saturday, October 1, 11 am - 3 pm
Occupations of Market Street tour with Chris Carlsson
Location: Harry Bridges Plaza (in front of the Ferry Building)

Saturday, October 8, 12 - 5 pm
Sidewalk: "Poetry is in the streets." - Situationists
Redefining the social life of Market Street through artists' interventions.
Location: Mid-Market to the Ferry Building

Saturday, October 15, 1 - 9 pm
Plaza: "Play is freedom." - Johan Hizinga
1 - 5 pm: Imagination Playground by David Rockwell, 7 pm: film screening with Melinda Stone, Rick Prelinger and Liz Keim.
Location: UN Plaza
Saturday, October 22, 1 - 5 pm
Street: "Space is a practiced place." - Michel de Certeau
An inspired bike ride down Market Street with Rebar, the San Francisco Bike Coalition and the San Francisco Great Streets Project.
Location: Harry Bridges Plaza (in front of the Ferry Building)
Tuesday, November 15, 6 - 8 pm
Film screening: William H. Whyte's The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Location: SPUR Urban Center (654 Mission Street)

Official Website: http://spur.org/events/calendar/opening-party-reclaim-market-street-exhibition