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| Tuesday, September 7, 1999 CONTACT: Rene D. Shoemaker, (706) 542-8292 ACCLAIMED AUTHOR JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER IS A 1999 FALL SEMESTER VISITING SCHOLAR ATHENS, Ga. -- James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere and Home from Nowhere, will present a lecture, "Can America Survive Suburbia?" at 7p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16 at the Chapel at the University of Georgia. An outspoken critic of sprawl, contemporary urban planning, and modern architecture, Kunstler has made presentations to numerous colleges and universities, professional organizations, including the American Institute of Architects, the American Planning Association, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In his book, The Geography of Nowhere, Kunstler sharply criticizes modern American development and land use patterns that have led to suburban sprawl, traffic congestion, and what he terms "the national automobile slum." Kunstler says he wrote the book because he "a lot of people share my feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strip malls, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work." Home from Nowhere was excerpted as a cover article in the September 1999 issue of Atlantic Monthly. Kunstler was born in New York City, and after living a short time in a Long Island subdivision, he returned to the city where he spent most of his childhood. He was educated at the State University of New York, Brockport, and worked as a reporter and feature writer for several newspapers. He was a staff writer for Rolling Stone Magazine, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine. This lecture is sponsored by the School of Environmental Design, the Center for Humanities and Arts, Village Green Preservation Society, Oconee River Land Trust, Athens-Clarke County Planning Department, Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, and the Federation of Neighborhood and Community Associations. Following the lecture, a reception will be held at the Founders Garden House, courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Seymour. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.
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