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11.014J American Urban History II (MIT) 11.014J American Urban History II (MIT)
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This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets, and amusement parks. The course gives students experience in working with primary documentation sources through its selection of readings and class discussions. Students then have the opportunity to apply this experience by researching their own historical questions and writing a term paper. This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets, and amusement parks. The course gives students experience in working with primary documentation sources through its selection of readings and class discussions. Students then have the opportunity to apply this experience by researching their own historical questions and writing a term paper.Subjects
urban planning | urban planning | urban design | urban design | cities | cities | downtown | downtown | skyscrapers | skyscrapers | buildings | buildings | open space | open space | infrastructure | infrastructure | traffic | traffic | congestion | congestion | white flight | white flight | suburban development | suburban development | urban renewal | urban renewal | urban blight | urban blight | retail and business centers and districts | retail and business centers and districts | zoos | zoos | entertainment | entertainment | 11.014 | 11.014 | 21H.232 | 21H.232License
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See all metadata11.013J American Urban History I (MIT) 11.013J American Urban History I (MIT)
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This course is a seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in American cities from roughly 1850 to the present. Among the institutions to be looked at are political machines, police departments, courts, schools, prisons, public authorities, and universities. The focus of the course is on readings and discussions. This course is a seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in American cities from roughly 1850 to the present. Among the institutions to be looked at are political machines, police departments, courts, schools, prisons, public authorities, and universities. The focus of the course is on readings and discussions.Subjects
urban planning | urban planning | urban design | urban design | cities | cities | downtown | downtown | skyscrapers | skyscrapers | buildings | buildings | institutions | institutions | police | police | prisons | prisons | courts | courts | city hall | city hall | political machines | political machines | reform | reform | crime | crime | public safety | public safety | public schools | public schools | education | education | welfare | welfare | railways | railways | public authorities | public authorities | housing | housing | slums | slums | hospitals | hospitals | universities | universities | 11.013 | 11.013 | 21H.231 | 21H.231License
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See all metadata11.016J The City (MIT) 11.016J The City (MIT)
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What is a city? What shapes it? How does its history influence future development? How do physical form and institutions vary from city to city and how are these differences significant? How are cities changing and what is their future? This course will explore these and other questions, with emphasis upon twentieth-century American cities. A major focus will be on the physical form of cities -- from downtown and inner-city to suburb and edge city -- and the processes that shape them.The class website can be found here: The City. What is a city? What shapes it? How does its history influence future development? How do physical form and institutions vary from city to city and how are these differences significant? How are cities changing and what is their future? This course will explore these and other questions, with emphasis upon twentieth-century American cities. A major focus will be on the physical form of cities -- from downtown and inner-city to suburb and edge city -- and the processes that shape them.The class website can be found here: The City.Subjects
urban context | urban context | history | history | growth | growth | urban development | urban development | the city | the city | storytelling | storytelling | writing | writing | landscape | landscape | place | place | narrative | narrative | urban planning | urban planning | seeing | seeing | digital photography | digital photography | digital editing | digital editing | community | community | urban revitalization | urban revitalization | neighborhood | neighborhood | development | development | urban form | urban form | downtown | downtown | inner-city | inner-city | suburb | suburb | edge city | edge city | Boston | Boston | 11.016 | 11.016 | 4.211 | 4.211License
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See all metadata11.014J American Urban History II (MIT) 11.014J American Urban History II (MIT)
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This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets, and amusement parks. The course gives students experience in working with primary documentation sources through its selection of readings and class discussions. Students then have the opportunity to apply this experience by researching their own historical questions and writing a term paper. This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets, and amusement parks. The course gives students experience in working with primary documentation sources through its selection of readings and class discussions. Students then have the opportunity to apply this experience by researching their own historical questions and writing a term paper.Subjects
11.014 | 11.014 | 21H.232 | 21H.232 | urban planning | urban planning | urban design | urban design | cities | cities | downtown | downtown | skyscrapers | skyscrapers | buildings | buildings | open space | open space | infrastructure | infrastructure | traffic | traffic | congestion | congestion | "white flight" | "white flight" | suburban development | suburban development | urban renewal | urban renewal | urban blight | urban blight | retail and business centers and districts | retail and business centers and districts | zoos | zoos | entertainment | entertainmentLicense
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See all metadata11.952 Foshan China Workshop (MIT) 11.952 Foshan China Workshop (MIT)
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This practicum focuses on applying the principles of sustainability to improve the quality of life and activity along the Foshan downtown riverfront. The City has recently engaged in several planning efforts that, with the help of consultants and experts, will help to identify strategies to revitalize the City's center and establish a new downtown. This practicum will compliment these efforts by focusing on planning and design options in and around the Pearl River, a now underutilized waterway that runs through the City's new downtown. This practicum focuses on applying the principles of sustainability to improve the quality of life and activity along the Foshan downtown riverfront. The City has recently engaged in several planning efforts that, with the help of consultants and experts, will help to identify strategies to revitalize the City's center and establish a new downtown. This practicum will compliment these efforts by focusing on planning and design options in and around the Pearl River, a now underutilized waterway that runs through the City's new downtown.Subjects
principles of sustainability | principles of sustainability | new downtown | new downtown | recreation | recreation | transportation | transportation | ecology | ecology | economic development | economic development | community development | community development | client | client | client work | client work | municipality | municipality | planning consultants | planning consultants | revitalizing | revitalizingLicense
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See all metadata21H.234J Downtown (MIT) 21H.234J Downtown (MIT)
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This seminar focuses on downtowns in U.S. cities from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on downtown as an idea, place, and cluster of interests; on the changing character of downtown; and on recent efforts to rebuild it. Subjects to be considered will include subways, skyscrapers, highways, urban renewal, and retail centers. The focus will be on readings, discussions, and individual research projects. This seminar focuses on downtowns in U.S. cities from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on downtown as an idea, place, and cluster of interests; on the changing character of downtown; and on recent efforts to rebuild it. Subjects to be considered will include subways, skyscrapers, highways, urban renewal, and retail centers. The focus will be on readings, discussions, and individual research projects.Subjects
21H.234 | 21H.234 | 11.339 | 11.339 | 11.026 | 11.026 | urban planning | urban planning | urban design | urban design | cities | cities | downtown | downtown | skyscrapers | skyscrapers | buildings | buildings | open space | open space | infrastructure | infrastructure | traffic | traffic | congestion | congestion | "white flight" | "white flight" | suburban development | suburban development | urban renewal | urban renewal | urban blight | urban blight | retail and business centers and districts | retail and business centers and districtsLicense
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houses | houses | streets | streets | buildings | buildings | bars | bars | downtown | downtown | churches | churches | dwellings | dwellings | firstbaptistchurch | firstbaptistchurch | rppc | rppcLicense
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streets | streets | downtown | downtown | officebuildings | officebuildings | volks | volks | businesses | businesses | haverty | haverty | rppc | rppc | lcraddockco | lcraddockco | cullumborenco | cullumborenco | emersonbrantinghamimplementco | emersonbrantinghamimplementco | baronbrosmillineryco | baronbrosmillineryco | parlinorendorffimpco | parlinorendorffimpcoLicense
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See all metadataDallas at Night, Jan 1922 Dallas at Night, Jan 1922
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downtown | downtown | officebuildings | officebuildings | hotels | hotels | skylights | skylights | departmentstores | departmentstores | rppc | rppc | titchegoettinger | titchegoettingerLicense
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See all metadataBird's-eye View of Dallas, Texas. Bird's-eye View of Dallas, Texas.
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streets | streets | downtown | downtown | cities | cities | officebuildings | officebuildings | businesses | businesses | nationalbiscuitcompany | nationalbiscuitcompany | rppc | rppc | americanwellworks | americanwellworks | firsttexaschemicalmfgco | firsttexaschemicalmfgco | speedsteinmannco | speedsteinmanncoLicense
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See all metadataDallas WWI Parade Dallas WWI Parade
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downtown | downtown | worldwari | worldwari | soldiers | soldiers | ww1 | ww1 | thompsons | thompsons | usarmy | usarmy | worldwar1 | worldwar1 | rppc | rppc | americantroops | americantroops | hananshoes | hananshoes | militaryparades | militaryparadesLicense
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See all metadataCommerce Street Looking North. Dallas, Texas Commerce Street Looking North. Dallas, Texas
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streets | streets | downtown | downtown | churches | churches | officebuildings | officebuildings | theaters | theaters | ymca | ymca | automobiles | automobiles | trolleys | trolleys | businesses | businesses | majestictheatre | majestictheatre | rppc | rppc | fordmotorcompany | fordmotorcompany | youngmenschristianassociation | youngmenschristianassociation | musichalls | musichalls | joneskeysercompany | joneskeysercompanyLicense
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See all metadataPraetorian Building, Dallas, Texas Praetorian Building, Dallas, Texas
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streets | streets | downtown | downtown | officebuildings | officebuildings | trucks | trucks | hotels | hotels | automobiles | automobiles | hotelgrand | hotelgrand | rppc | rppcLicense
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See all metadataWilson Building, Dallas, Texas. Wilson Building, Dallas, Texas.
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See all metadataa2014_0020_3_4_04_087_loops_b_opt a2014_0020_3_4_04_087_loops_b_opt
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newspaperclippings | newspaperclippings | downtown | downtown | officebuildings | officebuildings | commercialbuildings | commercialbuildingsLicense
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newspaperclippings | newspaperclippings | downtown | downtown | commercialbuildings | commercialbuildings | officebuildings | officebuildingsLicense
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florida | florida | orlando | orlando | downtown | downtown | centralbusinessdistricts | centralbusinessdistricts | orangeavenue | orangeavenue | streets | streets | cities | citiesLicense
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See all metadataMount Stephen Club, Drummond Street, Montreal, QC, 1934-35
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blackandwhite | canada | architecture | facade | 1930s | downtown | exterior | montreal | ivycovered | 1935 | gentlemansclub | nationalhistoricsite | mccordmuseum | renaissancerevival | drummondstreet | goldensquaremile | muséemccord | mountstephenclubLicense
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sports | stpetersburg | florida | postcards | leisure | recreation | 1910s | pinellascounty | postcardcollection | shuffleboardcourts | downtownstpetersburg | shuttleboard | statelibraryandarchivesofflorida | mirrorlakepark | vision:text=0544 | vision:outdoor=0767 | vision:plant=066License
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water | buildings | tampa | downtown | tampabay | florida | bridges | skylines | 1940s | postcards | moonlight | bays | postcardcollection | hillsboroughcounty | statelibraryandarchivesoffloridaLicense
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See all metadataGadsden County Deputy Sheriff Robert Martin disposing of moonshine in Quincy, Florida
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streets | quincy | downtown | florida | 1960s | lawenforcement | moonshine | gadsdencounty | liquorlaws | statelibraryandarchivesofflorida | vision:outdoor=0913 | vision:street=0545 | deputysheriffrobertmartingadsdencountyfla | gadsdencountysheriffsofficeLicense
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See all metadataLibrary of Congress staff photographing First Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee, Florida
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florida | churches | photographers | cameras | libraryofcongress | 1960s | tallahassee | parkavenue | employees | downtowntallahassee | nationalregisterofhistoricplaces | leoncounty | callstreet | statelibraryandarchivesofflorida | jackeboucher | tallahasseedemocrattallahasseefloridanewspaper | vision:outdoor=0822 | chesterleekraft | firstpresbyterianchurchtallahasseeflaLicense
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See all metadataPhotographers in boat after Hurricane Dora - Live Oak
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streets | flooding | florida | photographers | liveoak | policeofficers | downtownstreets | signsandsignboards | businessdistricts | hurricanedoraLicense
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See all metadata[Main Street between Austin and Market Streets]
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horses | people | buildings | downtown | carts | trolleys | coaches | wagons | carriages | trolleycars | benfwolfeco | benfwolfeandcompany | konantzsaddleryco | konantzsaddlerycompany | cagardinerstateagent | swopemangold | swopeandmangoldLicense
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