{"id":1575,"date":"2010-06-23T21:14:33","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T01:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2010-06-23T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T01:16:10","slug":"beyond-the-motor-city-at-the-dryden-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2010\/06\/beyond-the-motor-city-at-the-dryden-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Motor City \u2014 at the Dryden Theater, June 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- showcove:  --><!-- is_single is true --><!-- Start Of Script Generated By customCOVE --><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-content\/plugins\/custom_COVE\/js\/swfobject_COVE.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-content\/plugins\/custom_COVE\/js\/util.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-content\/plugins\/custom_COVE\/js\/qos.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/wp-content\/plugins\/custom_COVE\/js\/qos_mps.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- End Of Script Generated By customCOVE --><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"pid\" id=\"pid\" value=\"_Vhc0hA30RAlX1QUmfaFGGLMxo68z1R_\"><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"centercove\" style=\"margin: -110 0 -52 0;\">\n<div class=\"coveholder\" id=\"pdkHolder4c13fa1f20a5c\">\n<div class=\"player\" id=\"playerDiv4c13fa1f20a5c\">\n<p style=\"font:8pt Verdana;color:#BEBEBE\">To view this site, you need to have Flash Player 9<br \/>or later installed. 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It will screen here in Rochester on June 28, 2010. Admission is FREE.\" rel=\"lightbox-btmc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/beyond_the_motor_city.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin: 0 0 8 8;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/beyond_the_motor_city.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY is screening in a handful of cities this May and June. It will screen here in Rochester on June 28, 2010.\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>On <b>Monday June 28 at 7:00pm<\/b> you are invited to a FREE screening of PBS\u2019s eye-opening film, BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY. The documentary is touring cities across America to raise questions\u2014and seek answers\u2014about the future of transportation in America. Can we build the \u201cinfrastructure of tomorrow\u201d today? Can the cash-strapped and car-dependent cities of the so-called Rust Belt become new models for fast, clean, public transit? The links and similarities between Rochester NY and Detroit MI are glaringly obvious\u2014and I think you owe it to yourself to see this film.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This FREE public event will come to you 100% FREE of charge thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rrcdc.org\/\" target=\"_new\">RRCDC <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reconnectrochester.org\/\" target=\"_new\">Reconnect Rochester <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rrtc.info\/\" target=\"_new\">Rochester Rail Transit Committee <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochestertrolley.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Rochester Trolley &#038; Rail <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empirestatefuture.org\/\" target=\"_new\">Empire State Future <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nymt.org\/\" target=\"_new\">New York Museum of Transportation <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/\" target=\"_new\">PBS <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>. Immediately following the film a panel consisting of City planners, urban growth experts, bike &#038; transit advocates, and concerned citizens will discuss topics including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New hopes for accessible, clean, and modern mass transit in America<\/li>\n<li>The role of cities, and consumers, in shaping the next generation of transportation systems<\/li>\n<li>A roadmap for revitalizing the way we move through our cities and neighborhoods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This will surely be a thought-provoking FREE event and a great opportunity for you to take part in a very important FREE conversation for our community. So mark your calendar and bring some friends. Did I mention this is FREE?!<\/p>\n<h3>More About the Film:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"The latest installment in the BLUEPRINT AMERICA initiative takes viewers on a cinematic journey in search of America\u2019s transportation future. Pictured: A view of downtown Detroit from the top of the run-down Michigan Central Train Station. (Photo Credit: Lloyd Handwerker\/WNET.ORG)\" rel=\"lightbox-btmc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/beyond_the_motor_city_detroit_skyline.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin: 0 12 8 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/beyond_the_motor_city_detroit_skyline.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"The latest installment in the BLUEPRINT AMERICA initiative takes viewers on a cinematic journey in search of America\u2019s transportation future. Pictured: A view of downtown Detroit from the top of the run-down Michigan Central Train Station. (Photo Credit: Lloyd Handwerker\/WNET.ORG)\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/reports\/on-the-road\/home\/1010\/\" target=\"_new\">BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> examines how Detroit, a grim symbol of America\u2019s diminishing status in the world, may come to represent the future of transportation and progress in America. Narrated by Miles O\u2019Brien, the film explores Detroit&#8217;s historic investments in infrastructure\u2014from early 19th- century canals to the urban freeways that gave The Motor City its name and made America&#8217;s transportation system the envy of the world.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Correspondent Miles O\u2019Brien says he\u2019s saddened every time he returns to the Motor City and sees \u201cthe ruins of a once great city.\u201d Pictured: Michigan Theatre, now a parking garage. (Photo Credit: SNWEB.ORG Photography\/Sean Doerr)\" rel=\"lightbox-btmc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/beyond_the_motor_city_michigan_theater.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin: 0 0 8 8;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/beyond_the_motor_city_michigan_theater.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Correspondent Miles O\u2019Brien says he\u2019s saddened every time he returns to the Motor City and sees \u201cthe ruins of a once great city.\u201d Pictured: Michigan Theatre, now a parking garage. (Photo Credit: SNWEB.ORG Photography\/Sean Doerr)\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>But over the last 30 years, much of the world has left Detroit\u2014and America\u2014behind, choosing faster, cleaner, more modern transportation. In a journey that takes us into the neighborhoods of Detroit and then beyond to Spain, California, and our nation\u2019s capital, BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY urges us to ask how we might finally push America\u2019s transportation system into the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Using CGI animation combined with current footage of Detroit, the film brings the vision of the city\u2019s possible transportation future to life. A network of trains within the city center would run along main thoroughfares. (Photo Credit: Lloyd Handwerker and HUSH Studios, Inc.)\" rel=\"lightbox-btmc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/beyond_the_motor_city_street_transformation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin: 0 12 8 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/beyond_the_motor_city_street_transformation.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Using CGI animation combined with current footage of Detroit, the film brings the vision of the city\u2019s possible transportation future to life. A network of trains within the city center would run along main thoroughfares. (Photo Credit: Lloyd Handwerker and HUSH Studios, Inc.)\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>BLUEPRINT AMERICA: BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY is part of Blueprint America, a national, multi-platform initiative examining the state of America&#8217;s transportation infrastructure. Blueprint America was created and produced by Thirteen for WNET.ORG and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.<\/p>\n<h3>Event Info:<\/h3>\n<p><b>Time:<\/b> Monday June 28, 2010 at 7:00pm<\/p>\n<p><b>Location:<\/b> Dryden Theater (<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?num=100&#038;hl=en&#038;client=safari&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;q=dryden+theater&#038;fb=1&#038;gl=us&#038;hq=dryden+theater&#038;hnear=Rochester,+NY&#038;cid=0,0,11766825967564138319&#038;ei=iBIUTPCkEoH-8Aa2vMmdDA&#038;ved=0CBMQnwIwAA&#038;ll=43.153242,-77.579999&#038;spn=0.009377,0.015514&#038;z=16&#038;iwloc=A\" target=\"_new\">Map it <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>Cost:<\/a> FREE &#8211; Zero &#8211; Zilch &#8211; Nada &#8211; FREE FREE FREE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To view this site, you need to have Flash Player 9or later installed. 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