Two media information contained in this post are about actions not directly related to the Year of Jan Gehl, but both of them include the phrase ‘a city for people’, used as an evaluating category. These are signs that the idea of ‘a city for people’ has a change of an independent life in people’s imagination. Więcej
The first press release announcing the Year of Jan Gehl.
The letter to Jan Gehl asking for permission to announce the year of his name (original english version below). Więcej
The idea of announcing the ‘Year of Jan Gehl’ in Lublin was collectively accepted at a meeting in the office of City’s Monument Preservation Officer on the 28th of November 2013. The meeting was attended by Hubert Mącik (head of the office), Michał Przepiórka (Cycling Officer of Lublin City Council), Jan Kamiński (head of the Council for Culture of Space), Marcin Skrzypek (member of the Council for Culture of Space, employee of “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre). After the meeting the following description of the idea have been created. Więcej
The official letter from the Council for Culture of Space to Jan Gehl justyfing the request for announcing a year of his name in Lublin, along with a list of members of the Council (10th of January 2014).
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