2.Define your neighborhoods by the institutions you used when you lived there.
3.Analyze what kind of neighborhood
a.What kind of neighborhood is it? A walking city neighborhood?
a railroad suburb? A trolley suburb? An automobile suburb (pre or
post Interstate?). How do you know?
b.If you live in a small town, that's o.k., too. use it, but use the parts of
it you consider your neighborhood.
4.Compare it with a Walking City Neighborhood,. and on the basis of the
comparison form your answer. If you happen to live in a Walking City
Neighborhood, find a different kind of neighborhood to frame your
comparison.
For Example:
Here's the neighborhood in which I grew up:
Part II.
Tracy Kidder’s book, House suggests that the building of a house is a more complicated thing than simple carpentry and design. Everyone involved experiences the process differently, and because this is true, the house takes on a different meaning for each. Discuss this idea through analyzing the role and experience of TWO persons, one each from the groups below.
Group 1. The Family:
•Jonathan Souweine,
•Judith Souweine,
•Bill Rawn, or
•Jules Weiner
Group 2. Apple Corps:
•Jim Locke,
•Richard Gougeon,
•Alex Ghiselin, or
•Ned Krutsky.
All of the above share a common experience, the building of a new house. Yet though the experience is common to all, the meaning and impact of the experience is different for each. I’d like to have you explore this idea, interpreting how each person you choose was affected by the experience and the interactions he or she experienced.
For each character, describe their chief role(s) in the process, the satisfactions, and frustrations that role or those roles provided. How did temperament or personality influence their experiences? How did their personal histories influence those experiences. With whom did they form alliances? With whom were they in conflict?
Note: While not technically a member of the family, Rawn is a long-time family friend and seems
to fit into this group better than into the second.
Due: Last Day of Final Examinations: Wednesday, May 16
Length: 3-5 Pages per part should be plenty, inclusive of illustrations.
Submit via Bridges or E-mail. If you submit by e-mail make AMST333 Final the subject line
My old house is marked by Pushpin #1, The orange markers are restaurants, the green ones, doctor’s offices, the red ones are schools. I made this map using Local Live. I could have don similar ones using the other sources. Local Live only provides three colors of markers. I could have located many other amenities had I chosen a different software. Or I could repeeat the process to create different maps.
I would analyze this neighborhood and compare it to a different kind of neighborhood to frame my answer to this question.
Part I.
The proposition and question:
No change in ways of living is without both gains and losses, and this general statement is true of the change from living in walking cities to living in Suburbs. Furthermore, these gains and losses have both personal and societal dimensions to them. Things which may benefit individuals and families may harm the social fabric and vice versa.
Reflecting on the reading we’ve done in Stilgoe and Jackson, and your thinking about your own communities (remember the exercise you did with Google Earth) at the beginning of the course.
What do you judge to be the personal gains and losses and what to you judge to be the societal gains and losses occasioned by the new suburban lifestyle?
If you need a comparison neighborhood, remember that City-Data is a good source for a variety of walking neighborhoods in a variety of cities. You will also be able to find suburban and small town neighborhoods as well--especially those which are related to the fringes of larger cities.
City-Data is accessible in many interesting ways. The logo above links to indexes for neighborhood maps. But from the home page one can visit lists of cities (above 6,000- remember a place doesnt have to be huge to be urban in nature) and smaller locations under 6,000. For example Here's the List of New York State Cities above 6,000. and here's the list of New York Places below 6,000. You can locate places by zip code searching as well.
As you might imagine, finding pictures of the workmen proved to be a lot more difficult. Apple Corps. dissolved, but various combinations of the crew remained in the construction business. Gougeon and Locke Builders still exists. Ned Krutsky and Alex Ghiselin formed Mill River Builders,
Haven't seen your dream house this semester? Click on the image to see some more possibilites.
