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pre site visit and reflection class meeting on the 19th

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I have only been to the new York public library  once before, I am hoping  to find at least  4 maps that have information  about the transportation  systems used near our site from the 1960s untill today. I hope to be able to use as much information  I can get from the map room as I can to help complete  our site reports.

On Monday  the 19th we visited the architecture class that is working on our site and we we’re able to see and hear how they would have done changes if possible, I was truly  impressed  by all the ways they thought of to improve  the safety  or the area and get more people to live there and enjoy  being there, all the groups had great  ideas but most of them we’re similar  to the others so none of them really  stood out but they we’re all very interesting.

Urban Design Studio class reflection

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After exchanging ideas based on a researcher perspective and a designer perspective I think both groups took away a lot from each other whether we offered suggestions or asked my they designed the Farragut houses the way they did. According to the three groups they wanted to encourage more commercial activity in order to promote safety because in this way there would be more people at nights except for just the residents that live there. they also wanted to have more residential buildings for middle class residents so that vinegar hill wouldn’t be seen as an area for just people who are struggling. they stressed that it was hard to tell the use of the land and whether it was private or public space of if the park was open for everyone to use or just the residents that live there. In addition they wanted the F train to be visible and they wanted to make the streets smaller and not as wide as they presently are since it seems to cause separation between the residents. Also they mentioned they wanted to add more rite aids, grocery stores, barbershops and nail salons which are resources that would make this area busier and less secluded. I was very mind blown of how the students re created the Farragut houses and how they incorporated their own ideas and improvements that they thought should be made to make the area more safe and commercial friendly.

Primary Sources: Built Environment

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1. Building blocks of Brooklyn : a study of urban growth

Ment, David ; Robins, Anthony; Framberger, David; Brooklyn Rediscovery (Program) 1979

This source is relevant because it discusses the urban growth and change throughout Brooklyn.

http://onesearch.cuny.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=dedupmrg195070100&indx=1&recIds=dedupmrg195070100&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&frbg=&scp.scps=scope%3A%28CUNY_BEPRESS%29%2Cscope%3A%28NY%29%2Cscope%3A%28AL%29%2Cprimo_central_multiple_fe&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1444780478850&srt=rank&mode=Basic&&dum=true&tb=t&vl(freeText0)=%22building%20blocks%20of%20brooklyn%22&vid=ny

2. The world in Brooklyn gentrification, immigration, and ethnic politics in a global city

DeSena, Judith N; Shortell, Timothy 2012

This book describes how Brooklyn has changed through gentrification.

http://onesearch.cuny.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=dedupmrg192935749&indx=7&recIds=dedupmrg192935749&recIdxs=6&elementId=6&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&fctN=facet_tlevel&fctN=facet_rtype&onCampus=true&rfnGrp=show_only&rfnGrp=1&query=any%2Ccontains%2Cbrooklyn+history&fctV=online_resources&fctV=books&scp.scps=scope%3A%28CUNY_BEPRESS%29%2Cscope%3A%28NY%29%2Cscope%3A%28AL%29%2Cprimo_central_multiple_fe&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1444781035684&highlight=true&vl(62438817UI0)=any&search_scope=everything&displayField=title&rfnGrpCounter=1&queryTemp=brooklyn+history&group=GUEST&vl(freeText0)=brooklyn%20history&vid=ny&institution=NY

3. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Photograph Collection (1900-1955)

This Source provides historical photographs of Brooklyn we can use to see what was there in a certain time period.

http://www.bklynlibrary.org/brooklyncollection/historic-brooklyn-photographs

4. Brooklyn Historical Society

History center that has endless information on the history of Brooklyn, to include historical photographs.

http://www.brooklynhistory.org/about/aboutbhs.html

5. The historical atlas of New York City : a visual celebration of nearly 400 years of New York City’s history

Homberger, Eric 1994

This is another source that includes many photographs of NYC.

http://onesearch.cuny.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=dedupmrg193601641&indx=1&recIds=dedupmrg193601641&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&dscnt=0&scp.scps=scope%3A%28CUNY_BEPRESS%29%2Cscope%3A%28NY%29%2Cscope%3A%28AL%29%2Cprimo_central_multiple_fe&frbg=&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1444781911400&srt=rank&mode=Basic&&dum=true&tb=t&vl(freeText0)=%22new%20york%20city%20history%22&vid=ny

Post site visit reflection

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After visiting Vinegar Hill and the Farragut houses for a second time, I was able to obtain more detailed research and understanding of the area. Observing the surrounding blocks also helped me get a feel for the neighborhood and what it is lacking. Unlike the last visit, I came to this site visit with specific questions in mind that I wanted to answer or get information about. It was hard to collect data on some questions that I had, but what I did collect helped me understand the area even more.

POST VISIT REFLECTION

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I enjoyed my visit to Vinegar Hill & the Farragut Houses, but not so much the walking. I was pretty surprised in how cleaned they kept the projects. Bumped into a few neighbors from the neighborhood for example that one lady who insist of us standing on her property and yelling to us to get away and from the young man who lived in the projects that was friendly and just observing at what we were looking at when we passed by his home.  I’m hoping next time we go it isn’t raining so we can have a different perspective on how the neighbors are in the projects for example if they like to come out and play basketball or in the playground. I’m also excited to sketch more historic buildings.

Post Reflection

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After visiting the Farragut Houses I have a better idea of the layout of the neighborhood and what the area is really like. Not only observing and sketching but observing the people who live there, what personalities do they have and how is the community there overall. Though the building itself was nothing special the neighborhood has interesting history about the development of the area over the past few decades.

Post Site Reflection

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While visiting Vinegar Hill and the Farragut buildings, I recorded many observations along the way. My mind was completely open upon arrival, and I saw a lot more than I expected. The area was actually somewhat nice, and not as dirty as I anticipated. There were updated sports courts and playgrounds right on the property, which I did not expect either. The visit opened the door to many questions that I will enjoy trying to answer. This site visit has made me look at Brooklyn in a complete different way as I walk through it. I now try to make as many observations as I can and understand why things are the way they are.

Pre-Site Reflection

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I live in Manhattan and have never visited the Farragut Houses in Vinegar Hill before. I’ve been past the Navy Yards, but am most familiar with the parts of Brooklyn around City Tech. From previous research, I do have some information about transportation in the area. I know there were several trolley lines as well as several elevated train lines in that area before the projects were built. But though I know about trains, I know very little about the area on the ground. I know above and below it—but on it, almost nothing. I have never lived in any projects, but the projects on Avenues C and D in Manhattan are not far from my home in Stuyvesant Town. They are not very highly spoken of, but many students in my middle school lived there and some of them of them were really great. Some weren’t, of course, but that’s true everywhere. I assume the people living in the Farragut Houses are as nice, and as not nice, as people everywhere else.

I’m excited to see this area on the ground and see if it matches up with my assumptions about it. I’m not nervous at all. I might be nervous if I was exploring this area all alone in the middle of the night, but in the daytime with a group –there’s nothing at all to worry about.

I’m a New York City kid and love discovering new neighborhoods. I’m looking forward to this trip.

(Sorry–I thought this posted last week!  I guess I hit “save draft” instead of “publish.”)

Darya | Pre-Site Visit Reflection for Vinegar Hill

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I live in New York just for three years but all this years I was walking though it’s streets, driving car and biking. I was studying the photography and it was very interesting for me to walk on the streets and take pictures of the beautiful buildings and parks. As I’m also working in real estate I love to observe what people live in what area and the history of the buildings, how they are look inside and predict the market trends. I was thinking about fair housing for few years for now but I didn’t have a chance to go deeper into this category of buildings in New York.

I’m expecting to see the lower class area because it’s close to Navy Yard and too close to BQE which means that it’s probably noisy there. There are not so many stores in that area and the closest station is just York street F train. I think that streets will be older closer to the river, older buildings and older roads. There were many factories before I think some of that factory buildings are still there but they probably transferred into residential buildings. I’m expecting to see some empty buildings.

Very existed about this trip.

Daiane Bushey ’s Pre-Site Visit Reflection

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I went to a talk about internship and there I heard about the tech triangle, the area inscribed in between CityTech College, Metro Tech and Navy Yard. The site we are going to visit, as I understand, is in the middle of this area. I am excited to get to know this area better and how its community is impact by the presence of those center developing technology in that region. I guess books, maps and newspapers can help to clarify the history of this neighborhood.