@cppcisneros : Join @CenterforArch on Thursday, July 13 (5:30 PM - 8:00 PM) for the presentation of Downward Spiral: El Helicoide's Descent from Mall to Prison, edited by Celeste Olalquiaga and Lisa Blackmore. The book is presented in conjunction with the exhibition El Helicoide: From Mall to Prison on view through this Saturday, July 15, 2017. • Speakers include Diana López (@DianaLopez.Cultura), President of @ArchivoFotografiaUrbana and human rights activist with @AccionLibertad; Celeste Olalquiaga (@CelesteOlalquiaga), Founder of @ProyHelicoide, a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing the memory of El Helicoide; #LisaBlackmore, author of Spectacular Modernity: Dictatorship, Space and Visuality in Venezuela, 1948-1958; and #MichaelSorkin, Principal, Michael Sorkin Studio and President of @TerreformUR, a collaborative group of designers, social scientists, and urban researchers with experience in academia, private practice, public interest organizations, government and community activism. • View of El Helicoide de la Roca Tarpeya from the south in 2012 (Photo: #PietroPaolini) #ElHelicoide (en Center for Architecture (AIANY))













