The mission of Historic Savannah Foundation is to preserve and protect Savannah's heritage through advocacy, education and community involvement.

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Roberta Brandes Gratz
Thursday, May 8, 2008
7 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah
311 East Harris Street, Savannah, GA 31401
A reception and book signing will follow on Troup Square

Roberta Brandes Gratz, best-selling author and nationally renowned urban planner, will be the keynote speaker on May 8, 2008 for the National Preservation Month Keynote Presentation. Sponsored in conjunction with the Savannah College of Art & Design Student Preservation Association and Historic Savannah Foundation. Roberta Brandes Gratz is an award-winning journalist, urban critic, and author of The Living City: Thinking Small in a Big Way, and Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown. She is an international lecturer on urban development issues and former reporter for the New York Post. Her books will be on sale at and prior to the event. Call 233-7787 for details. The author will be available to sign copies at a reception following the lecture. Special thanks to Beth Kinstler, of Avalon Apprasials, for her sponsorship.

BOOK REVIEWS

THE LIVING CITY "An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, even good-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinical dispassion." -Washington Post Book World;  "The best antidote I've read to the doom-and-gloom prophecies concerning the future of urban America." -Bill Moyers: Available at HSF for $29.99

CITIES BACK FROM THE EDGE  "A love song for the city . . . (this) volume, attractively packaged and richly illustrated, is really a cookbook for downtown revitalization." -Wall Street Journal: Available at HSF for $32.00