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Tributes and Reflections
During the 1950s Linn conducted a prestigious private practice in landscape architecture in New York and Philadelphia, but designing landscapes for an increasingly affluent clientele progressively undermined his sense of the social relevance of his work. In 1959 he joined the faculty of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania where he developed a program that engaged his students in providing community design-and-build service to economically disenfranchised communities in the inner city. Developing a participatory process he called "barnraising," Linn brought inner city residents together with the students, volunteer professionals, youth teams, artists, and other volunteer groups to envision, design, and construct neighborhood commons -- a combination of park, playground, and community gathering place. These reflections by his colleagues, university department heads, public officials, mentors, and others shed light on the scope and value of his work.
Here are some tributes and reflections that give deeper insight into who he was to so many different people and ways in which he built models, taught important lessons, and created change in ways that enhance lives and communities.
Reflections on Karl's work by
Colleagues | Department Chairs | Public Officials | Mentors and Others
Tributes to Karl after his death in 2005
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