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Midterm presentations next week!

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Yesterday’s site visit gave us a chance to explore the scale, architecture and streetscape around the Barclays Center/Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park development. Looking ahead to next week, midterm presentations take place on Tuesday 10/23 and Thursday 10/25. In Tuesday’s class we circulated a sign-up. Please review so you know the date of your presentation and your place in that day’s order of presentations:

Tuesday: Davit, Jean-Pierre, Renzo, Chimdiebube, Katherine, Joel, Sabrina, Ralph, Saqif, Anesha, Mirna

Thursday: Zu Qiang, Daniela, Donna, Ericka, ChuXin, Terry, Maricel, Edith, Guiseppe, James

Presentations should be between 7-10 minutes including Q&A from your classmates (and instructors). Please submit your presentation slides as a PDF via OpenLab blog post by the end of the day on Thursday, October 25.

Site Report 2B due today, site visit Thursday, midterm presentations next week

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Today in class we discussed developing a good research question (and viewed the Prezi) and also explored our site through google maps and street view. On Thursday, bring a printout of a map of our site to take notes on if you like.

Midterm presentations take place next Tuesday 10/23 and Thursday 10/25. In class we circulated a sign-up. Please review so you know the date of your presentation and your place in that day’s order of presentations:

Tuesday: Davit, Jean-Pierre, Renzo, Chimdiebube, Katherine, Joel, Sabrina, Ralph, Saqif, Anesha, Mirna

Thursday: Zu Qiang, Daniela, Donna, Ericka, ChuXin, Terry, Maricel, Edith, Guiseppe, James

We have another site visit on Thursday. You have a choice: meet in our classroom by 2:30 to take the subway to Barclays Center together, or get there on your own and meet at the site where we sketched the Barclays Center, in the plaza in front of the main entrance. Please be on time so we can start promptly. Dress for the weather – clear skies, temperatures in the 40s, and a strong breeze are in the forecast.

barclays center entrance

Meeting place on Thursday

 

Brooklyn Collection site report 2B due Tuesday 10/16, and site visit 10/18

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Today we discussed newspaper research in historic and contemporary newspapers, including the historic New York Times, the Brooklyn Eagle, and other news sources from City Tech library databases, which you can access from home with the barcode from your college ID card.

Midterm presentation guidelines are now on the course site. Midterm presentations take place on Tuesday 10/23 and Thursday 10/25.

In class on Tuesday we watched the documentary film Brooklyn Matters and discussed potential themes that have emerged from our site visits and archival research so far. Part 2B of the archives site report is due on Tuesday, October 16. On Thursday, October 18, please be prepared for another site visit to the Barclays Center/Atlantic Yards site. We will meet in our classroom and walk together.

 

Our first site visit next week, and blogging assignment

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Today we learned about one-point linear perspective and reviewed the site report template.

Looking ahead to next week, classes are not held on Monday, September 10 and Tuesday, September 11. The college is open, and the library is open 9-5 both days. On Thursday, September 13, we meet in our classroom at 2:30pm sharp for our first walking tour of our study site. Please come prepared to be out for 2 hours with a charged phone or camera and notebook and pencils for sketching. Your blogging assignment due Thursday, September 13 is one 100-word post. First read this opinion piece, “Urban Walking isn’t just Good for the Soul,” and then complete the following observational exercise: document the observations of your experience between your front door and the bus, subway, or parking space you use for your everyday commute. Post observations in a 100 word blog post.