Creating shared folders for submitting drawings, class notes, and research project

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Please set up a shared Google Drive or Dropbox folder dedicated to this class. Make sure you put your first and last name in the title of the folder (see below). Within the course folder, create three subfolders: drawings, class notes, and research project. Please make sure that all these folders are shareable and can be viewed by all. I should not have to ask for permission to view the documents or folders. 

FOLDER: Theatre History 2280ID, Section ___, Christopher Swift
   SUBFOLDER: Drawings
   SUBFOLDER: Class notes
   SUBFOLDER: Research project

Once you have set up the folders, simply post a link to your master folder (Theatre History 2280ID, Section ___, First Name Last Name) by replying to this post. Going forward, all you need to do is upload your drawings, class notes, and research project assignments into the appropriate folders. You should not post links to the files themselves. Post only a single link to your master folder by replying below. Nothing more. I will be going into your folders throughout the semester to check on your progress. 

Thank you for setting up your folders in this manner and posting links to folders only (not to individual documents). Please make sure that your folders can be “viewed by anyone with this link” when you share.

56 thoughts on “Creating shared folders for submitting drawings, class notes, and research project”

    1. Christopher Swift Post author

      Sketches: overall, very good. You captured the essence of good sketching technique — fast strokes of the pencil without too much fastidiousness, while also including the basic elements of the subject and capturing the spirit of the images.

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    2. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: Your ground plan sketch is excellent, but you’re missing the facade and interior sketches. Your responses to the questions are a bit thin, and I don’t get a clear sense of the neighborhood. More detail needed … what you describe could be almost anywhere in Manhattan. Finally, your second research question is unclear. For Act II, you will need to figure out the history of the building and how HERE adapted that particular part of the building for theatrical use.

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    2. Christopher Swift Post author

      Drawings: Serlio and Hellenistic theater are very good. You have rushed the Kiesler stage and Appia. We shouldn’t see the pencil strokes for the shading in Appia. You may be missing other images as well. Look at the list of required sketches in the Assignments folder.

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    3. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: I hope you are researching the mainstage space for the Atlantic at the church. The second stage has very little architectural interest. Very good descriptions of the neighborhood — types of buildings. In the next stages, you will want to research the types of people that live there to see how the theater might want to connect with them (I think this is how you need to rephrase your second research question, by the way). You mention “many” public spaces for interaction, but on your hand-drawn map I don’t see any. You mention the High Line, but isn’t that a number of long blocks away from the theater? What other parks, libraries, atria are in the area? Missing interior sketch.

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    1. Christopher Swift Post author

      Class notes: The quiz 4 folder says “incomplete”. Can you remove that label once you are done? Also, retake all photos by positioning the camera square over the page. It’s difficult to read at an angle. Finally, where are all the other days of lecture notes?

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    2. Christopher Swift Post author

      Drawings: you only have one drawing (Hellenistic theater), and this is rushed. The vertical lines (columns, for instance), should be at a 90 degree angle from the bottom of the page. The horizontal lines (perspective — to the vanishing point), need to be drawn more carefully. Please redo. Where are all the other drawings?

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    3. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: your submission should be separate from Michael’s. You are only collaborating on the final presentation. Acts I and II must be done independently (you will receive separate grades). Please resubmit a report that you did on your own (for instance, you each have to answer the questions on your own, have different drawings, different research questions, etc.).

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    3. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: Strong report. I thought the entrance to the Lincoln Center Theatres (including the Mitzi Newhouse) were from the plaza, not from the street. Where is the facade of the actual theater? The street view is of the rear of the Lincoln Center Library. The MN theater shares a building with the Beaumont. I would look at this more closely.

      You summed up the feeling of the space very well. In your report, you will need to discuss the re-designing that was done by the DS&R architects. See “Liz Diller” on Ted Talks. This will give you some insight. The research questions need work. Yes, it was originally designed as a space for performance. A better question is how has Lincoln Center endeavored to make theater more accessible to all classes of people over the last 10-15 years? The architectural changes are part of this effort.

      Finally, there is a residential neighborhood to the west of the complex. This is subsidized housing. Lincoln Center essentially divides two very different kinds of neighborhoods and you should discuss both. Do you know what was there before it was built in 1966? Find out… it is revealing.

      Facade sketch and interior sketch?

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      1. Christopher Swift Post author

        Act I:

        John,

        The instructions were for each member of the team to submit SEPARATE Act I and Act II reports. Yours is identical to Mauricio’s. Please each of you submit individual reports and let me know when you have done so.

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    1. Christopher Swift Post author

      Drawings: Excellent Hellenistic theater. It’s clear you spent time and were careful to maintain accurate single point perspective dimensions. You are missing many other drawings. See list of required drawings and find these on the slides.

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    3. Christopher Swift Post author

      Fantastic Act I (site report)! Rigorous, careful work in your drawings. I like your comment about the glass skyscrapers and how you observe an evolution from older types of buildings (devolution?). Your research questions are spot on. Does PH serve Manhattanites mostly, or due to their proximity to Port Authority and so many transportation hubs, do they also attract tourists and people from other boroughs?

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    3. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: Very good report. Your description of the area buildings and people captures the essence of the space. I don’t know that “Eastern European” architecture is a thing…. there are many different styles from Russia and Eastern Europe (depends on area, time, etc.). One thing that you need to consider is the proximity of the theater to NYU. The university has a massive impact on the area, since the student population is high. For instance, there are more mid- to low-cost restaurants in the area for students. Does the Minetta lane adjust its ticket prices to accommodate students? Is it a non-profit or for profit theater? Is there a resident company at the theater, or is it a producing organization only? These are the kinds of research questions that will be helpful (your second research question is unclear). Excellent sketches. Finally — there is no such thing as a prototypical NYC neighborhood. There are a number of iconic areas, and all of these are very different. Perhaps you meant Greenwich Village (shorter buildings, cafe culture, arts, etc.). There are a number of other small theaters within a 10 block radius of the Minetta Lane. Identify these.

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    3. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: Some good work here, but I have a number of questions and concerns.

      1) I wouldn’t describe West 54th Street and Broadway as occupied by “casual” people. There are a great number of office buildings–many people work in the area. It is also just north of Times Square and so there are quite a number of tourists (see hotels in area).

      2) Why do you think it’s a Hispanic neighborhood?

      3) The map is unclear. Need some street names at least. Also, you don’t need to go into so much detail about each particular building (whether it is commercial or residential). Basically, we need to see public spaces (courtyards, parks), transportation hubs, other theaters in the area, some restaurants or other services like parking.

      4) Your research questions need to be redone. Religion has very little to do with commercial theater in midtown Manhattan. And your question about technology is much too broad. Focus on Studio 54 and the Roundabout company. Both have a very interesting history!

      5) Junction Blvd??? Are you sure we are talking about the same theater in NYC?

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    1. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: your submission should be separate from Jairo’s. You are only collaborating on the final presentation. Acts I and II must be done independently (you will receive separate grades). Please resubmit a report that you did on your own (for instance, you each have to answer the questions on your own, have different drawings, different research questions, etc.).

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    1. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: Please redo. It is incomplete and you misunderstood the assignment. The questions relate the neighborhood around the theater you are focusing on. Focus only on ONE of the Atlantic Theater spaces (preferably the one in the church — I didn’t know they had a second space — which is very uninteresting). You are missing the bird’s eye drawing of the neighborhood, photographs, and a final analysis. Your first research question is excellent. The second is unclear. Please let me know when you have reposted the correct report.

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    1. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: Strong report. Your hand drawn map is good and your description of the buildings in the area capture the neighborhood well. You forgot to write a final analysis. Your research questions are pointing in the right direction, but perhaps need a little refining. How has Pushkin Hall contributed culturally to the Upper West Side area? What companies perform at Pushkin Hall? Is Pushkin Hall a non-profit space — and are they able to produce shows there relatively inexpensively? What audience does the theater serve (demographic)? Does Pushkin Hall have other spaces and what are these for?

      You need to attach a copy of your theater ticket stub.

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    1. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: Fairly good report, Brian, particularly the descriptions of the kinds of people who inhabit the area. I want to know more about the facade of the theater. The interior is unchanged from 1918. Why is the exterior modernist? Is it covering a different facade? Why was it built? What’s the building directly east of the Todd Haimes… it looks like a theater.

      Your research questions need work. The first is much to broad and would take an entire book to answer. Your questions should be about the theater itself, or in this case, it could also be about the Roundabout company (owners of the theater). The second question is completely unknowable and I’m not sure why you ask it. Humans have sought entertainment since… well, since the beginning of known history. You’re missing your sketch of the ground plan of the area.

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    1. Christopher Swift Post author

      Act I: The instructions were for each member of the team to submit SEPARATE Act I and Act II reports. Yours is identical to John’s. Please each of you submit individual reports and let me know when you have done so.

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