Phoenix Urban Design Week- Day 1

Today marked the beginning of Phoenix's first Urban Design Week. Urban Design Week is meant to focus on the importance of urban design as being essential to the city's community development, economic growth, and sustainability. Today consisted of a lecture, Images of America: Downtown Phoenix, which was a reflection of the book with the same name. The presenters, Jim McPherson, Seth Anderson, and Suad Mahmaljin, promoted historic preservation, adaptive refuse, and quality development for downtown Phoenix, as well as the rest of the valley. The book came out to promote the Arizona Centennial and highlight Phoenix and its rich history in this young state. It was a very informative lecture that included photos of Phoenix, then and now.