Architecture Sarasota announces the launch of “Downtown Sarasota: Hindsight, Insight and Foresight,” a four-part speaker series conceived to spark an informed and constructive community-wide discussion about downtown’s future. Beginning on January 24, at Art Ovation Hotel, the series will explore downtown Sarasota's evolution over the last two decades with four distinguished speakers—Andrés Duany, David Houle, Mitchell Silver, and Victor Dover. Speakers will address vital topics, including the current downtown master plan and how it was shaped two decades ago; how downtown has developed since then; the macro-level forces affecting the city; effective current downtown planning practices; and insights drawn from successful urban planning in other locales. Tickets are $35 for the series or $10 per lecture and can be purchased at ArchitectureSarasota.org. For more information, call 352-219-4122. Art Ovation is located at 1255 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota.