REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech

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Episode 53: Measuring McCities and the Implications of Chain vs Independent Restaurants

October 01, 2026

How do cities compare in terms of their proportion of chain versus independent restaurants? Dr Clio Andris of Georgia Tech and Dr Xiaofan Liang of the University of Michigan discuss how they measured “chainness” and the geographic and political correlations they found in cities with high vs low proportions of chains. Professor Emeritum Ellen Dunham-Jones leads the follow-up discussion and debate over who is better served by chains versus independents and the implications of both on redesignin...

Episode 52: Episode 52: Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn: Preserving the Spaces & Stories of the Civil Rights Movement 

May 27, 2026

How did the community of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood neighborhood shape his views and the larger Civil Rights Movement? What can historic preservation teach us today about social infrastructure, storytelling and activism? Developer and preservationist Gene Kansas speaks about his new book, Civil Sights, a walk through Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Historic District that tells the stories of the Civil Rights Movement through its buildings’ occupants and achievements. Clay Kiningham - illu...

Episode 51: Episode 51: Ecologies of Memory

May 26, 2026

How do designed landscapes connect us not just to the natural environment and ecology of a place, but to the people and cultural memories that have inhabited it? When should the designer minimize the presence of their own hand and when is it appropriate to intervene with bold and contrasting design ideas to stimulate new forms of occupation of the land? Sara Zewde, Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at Harvard and founding principal of Studio Zewde shares her approach t...

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REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Established urbanists, academic faculty/researchers, and built-environment professionals (professors, principals, scholars, authors, architects, preservationists, and leaders with recognized frameworks such as walkability). Common among recent guests: Authorship of books on urban history or design topics; Academic leadership (faculty/practice professor); Founding leadership of landscape/urban design studios. Recent guests include William J. Stanley III, Jacqueline Royster, and Clay Kiningham.

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