Open NowSudbury's Changing Landscape Part 2

The new exhibit 'Sudbury‘s Changing Landscape Part 2' continues our exploration of Sudbury's landscape with the story from after the Revolutionary War up to the present day. Sudbury is home to many wonderful conservation lands and historic landscapes. Organizations like Sudbury Valley Trustees, Sudbury Conservation Commission, and Sustainable Sudbury are working hard to protect and preserve the natural countryside.

July 17, 6:30 Annual Meeting with Alex Krieger: The Small Town as an American Ideal - At Times

Join us at our annual meeting for a lecture by Prof. Alex Krieger of Harvard University on July 17th.

A common refrain is that Americans dislike cities, favoring places at some distance from the buzz and complexities of urban life like Sudbury, Massachusetts. But what if Americans have instead been intrigued by cities of their imagination, rather than those at their feet? The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The continent seemed to offer a God-given opportunity to start again and build the perfect community. Those messianic days are gone, but as Prof. Alex Krieger argues in his book, City on a Hill, any attempt at understanding how the country has developed must first recognize the persistent and dramatic consequences of utopian dreaming. Even as ideals have changed, idealism itself has for better and worse shaped our world of bricks and mortar, macadam, parks, and farmland. In this lecture, Prof. Krieger will explore this uniquely American story from the Pilgrims to the “smart city” and will deliver a striking new history of our built environment.

Prof. Krieger will sign copies of his book, City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present, which will be available for purchase in the Sudbury Historical Society Gift Shop.

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