Learning Places
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This special topics course offers an interdisciplinary approach to investigating our built environment using a case study focused on a specific place each semester. This course combines physical examination with information research and data collection using methodologies developed in multiple disciplines. Students from a variety of departments engage in on-site exploration and in-depth research of a location in New York City.
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Comment on "How the coastline became a place to put the poor"
The waterfront was used for factories and as a bumping ground. The new residents are upper middle […]
Comment on "How the coastline became a place to put the poor"
Carolyn, How has the uses of the waterfront changed? Who are the new residents on the waterfront?
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You effectively describe some of the core functions of the different kinds of neighborhoods Jacobs […]
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Today is the first time I heard about Jane Jacobs; I didn't know such an influential person existed even though I have been living in New York for almost two decades. Jane was a phenomenal journalist good with her words and she used that […]
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