Humane Metropolis People and Places

These photographs represent people associated with The Humane Metropolis book and conferences, and a few community catalysts for greener cities around the country. (All photos by Rutherford H. Platt except 1-3 by unknown photographers. Permission is given for noncommercial use of these photos except no. 3).

Rutherford H. Platt presenting a copy of The Humane Metropolis to Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley in Portland OR, June 28, 2007

Rutherford H. Platt speaking at the Tenth Anniversary of Chicago Wilderness, Chicago Field Museum, May 17, 2006.

William H. Whyte, Jr., urbanist author and open space advocate, ca. 1958

Bryant Park, New York - one of Whyte's best-known park revitialization projects.

Jane Block, environmental and community leader, Riverside, CA

Laurin Sievert, former graduate student with Rutherford Platt and project assistant with the Ecological Cities Project with Ken Leinbach, Director of the Milwaukee Urban Ecology Center

Joy Abbott, former graduate student with Rutherford Platt and local facilitator for the Humane Metropolis Pittsburgh conference on March 23, 2007.

Marijke Hecht, executive director of the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association, Pittsburgh http://www.ninemilerun.org/

Dr. Azime Tezer, an Urban and Regional Planning faculty member at Istanbul Technical University, who spent two years as a visiting scholar and UNESCO Fellow with the Ecological Cities Project. She is currently promoting the designation of Omerli Watershed, one of Istanbul's primary water sources, as an "Urban Biosphere Reserve" by UNESCO.

Mike Houck, urban naturalist and author, Portland, OR

Mary Rickel Pelletier (right), environmental advocate for the Park River Hartford, CT with UMass grad student Liz

Will Allen, director of Growing Power, Inc., Milwaukee, WI

Mural at Growing Power farm, Milwaukee

Lewis MacAdams, Chair of the Board of Directors and cofounder of FoLAR

Peter Mullan, Planning Director, Friends of the Highline, New York City

The Highline Greenway under construction on former elevated rail structure, Lower West Side of Manhattan.

Scott Barnes, urban naturalist, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Houston

Environmental education class at Houston Arboretum

Downtown Oakland, CA on busy week day

Gathering in mini-park, Madison, Wi