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Victor Dover, founding principal at Dover, Kohl and Partners, will explore new thinking about neighborhood and street design at a lecture at VCU on Nov. 12. (Contributed photo)

Nov. 7, 2024

Gulak Lecture at VCU on Nov. 12 to explore car-optional neighborhood design

This year’s address features urban designer, town planner and author Victor Dover.

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By David Slipher
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

Victor Dover, an urban designer, town planner and co-author of “Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns,” will deliver the 2024 Morton B. Gulak Lecture in Urban and Regional Planning at Virginia Commonwealth University on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Dover’s lecture, “Car-optional Neighborhoods for the New Era,” will explore new thinking about neighborhood and street design, including the 10 leading ingredients for car-optional neighborhoods.

Hosted by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, the Gulak Lecture will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the VCU Commons Theater in University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Dover, founding principal at Dover, Kohl and Partners, is known for the designs of Glenwood Park in Atlanta; South Main in Buena Vista, Colorado; I’On in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, as well as the downtown plans for many cities, including Richmond.

To RSVP or for additional details, visit the event webpage.

ABOUT THE GULAK LECTURE

The Wilder School brings leading experts in planning, architecture or urban design to VCU each year through the annual Morton B. Gulak Lecture in Urban and Regional Planning.

Launched in 2013, the lecture series honors the memory of Morton B. Gulak, Ph.D., who helped found the Master in Urban and Regional Planning program more than 40 years ago.

Gulak, who passed away in 2012, taught at VCU for 38 years. He inspired legions of students in the areas of urban design, urban revitalization, physical planning and the application of professional planning methods.