LearningPlacesSiteReportBHS (5)

My final project for this class will a chronological timeline (most likely as a Power Point, will pictures and videos) of the histories of 5-6 distilleries in Brooklyn. The areas of focus are Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in the mid to late 19th century.

Based on the addresses of these distilleries, I will use SketchUp to model and pinpoint their locations and color code them based on their time period.

For the final project, I plan on compiling a visual map which record NYCHA’s housing complexes. The intention is to analyze NYCHA’s housing properties in relation to their site conditions, and to see if there is a tangible connection between the typology of the site condition and date that the property was built. The typologies that will be utilized in this project are: edge conditions/neighborhood borders, waterfront/flood zoning conditions, medical center adjacency, and infrastructural fragment adjacencies. The study will be from the 1930’s to the late 1990’s.

Using CARTDB or a GIS software will enable me to precisely document these properties and parameters. I am hoping that this map can be an interactive learning tool for future students. Students should be able to freely zoom in and out of the map and hover over properties to learn about their basic information.

For my final project I plan on focusing on the change from farm land to urban land.  I have researched many different farmers and where their land was specifically located in comparison to today’s outline.  I will be looking at the map of John Jackson’s land which provides information about who purchased what land and how much.  With this information I plan on either making a 3D diagram or an online diagram showing who purchased what and how that compares to the streets, businesses and residential areas today.  I also plan to try and find what the area really looked like in order to perfect the accuracy of my diagram.

I plan on producing a project which consist of literal as well as visual through the use of technology. In order for me to create this visual aspect I will attempt to use the software sketch Up. In Sketch Up I will do my best to compare and contrast the various alley’s throughout Vinegar Hill, I will also try my very best to collect information on each alley. Each alley will have a description which would include both its length and width as well as the purpose in which each alley served. I will also determine the possible changes that occurred within about a hundred year time span; between 1855 and 1955. I understand that this project could be a group effort however, I plan on completing this project individually.