Teófilo Victoria Lecture Series – The City Beautiful Movement – Lecture I

We will consider the different planning traditions which shaped the City Beautiful movement, first in Chicago at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and then in Coral Gables in the 1920s. We will look at some related building designs by architects with ties to both places, with special attention to their drawings. Finally we’ll ask whether and how City-Beautiful planning remains relevant to Coral Gables today.