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Fall Forum Celebrates John Nolen On Friday, October 13, the Cincinnati Preservation Foundation, in partnership with The Mariemont Preservation Foundation’s Millard F. Rogers Jr. Lecture Series, held its 28th Annual Fall Forum. The event featured a presentation by Dr. Bruce Stephenson, looking back at John Nolen as the pioneering American planner and landscape architect who designed the Village of Mariemont in 1923.
We are honored this day to have with us Dr. Bruce Stephenson, city planner extraordinaire and recipient of the John Nolen Medal. Today, we will be treated to Dr. Stephenson’s presentation, Timeless Exemplar: Why John Nolen’s Mariemont Plan Still Informs Sustainability. Reflecting on this title makes one think of Mariemont’s founder, Mary Emery, who referred to her model community as a National Exemplar of practical urban planning, a name later adopted by the wonderful local restaurant.
Mariemont Town Crier Bob Keyes delivered the following opening proclamation: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Welcome to this, the 28th Annual Fall Forum of the Cincinnati Preservation Association, which this year is occurring in partnership with the Mariemont Preservation Foundation’s Millard F. Rogers Jr. Lecture Series.
Mariemont Town Crier
Mariemont Town Crier Bob Keyes delivers a proclamation to open the Cincinnati Preservation Foundation’s 2023 Fall Forum.
In 2007, the Village of Mariemont was designated a National Historic Landmark. In 2008, due to Mariemont’s "unique cont'd on next page
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