{"title": "Culture of Place", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Van Alen Institute", "address": "Bond Street 303, 11231", "price": "Free with RSVP", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/urbanism"], "description": "Culture of Place is a public conversation on how architecture can support community organizations that give people places to gather and a voice in their neighborhoods' futures. It is presented by the Van Alen Institute, an architecture and design nonprofit based in Gowanus, Brooklyn, through its Van Alen Vanguard network of emerging design leaders. Architect Farida Abu-Bakare joins designer, artist, and educator Curry J. Hackett and architect Tura Cousins Wilson of the Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA) to explore how design can sustain local cultural life while responding to changing community needs. 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