Urban Research & Dev Co.
Allentown, PA
Raina Yancey, Esquire is the tour guide. She is a lawyer in Philadelphia as well as the owner of The Black Journey: African-American History Walking Tour of Philadelphia, and regularly provides historical walking tours for the general public. She is a graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law and Richmond University in London, where she studied International Relations, History, and Economics. Prior to returning to her hometown of Phila., Raina was an international lawyer working in Project Finance in the Beijing, China, and Dubai, UAE offices of an international law firm. She currently practices Intellectual Property and Technology law. When she is not practicing law, Raina's major passion is history, including the history of Black lawyers in Phila.
Charlie Schmehl is a administrative coordinator for this tour. He is a principal with Urban Research and Development Corp., based in Bethlehem. URDC is a community planning and landscape architecture firm that was founded in 1968. He has 37 years of professional planning experience, mainly in preparing comprehensive plans, writing development regulations, and providing expert zoning testimony. He has a Bachelors of Community Planning Degree from the U. of Virginia and a Masters of City Planning Degree from the U. Penn.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
10:45 AM – 12:45 PM CDT