Readings: Gabrielle Brainard, “Party Walls: Understanding Urban Change Through a Block of New Haven Row Houses, 1870-1979,” Journal of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, 2001. Douglas Rae, City: Urbanism and its End (Yale Univ. Press, 2004), as much as you can. Paul Groth, “ ‘Marketplace’ Vernacular Design: The Case of Downtown Rooming Houses,” Perspectrives in Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 2 (1986): 179-191. J.B. Jackson, “Stranger’s Path” Landscape Journal. Suggested: Paul…
Sites and Stakes: Where and Why we do this work. Readings: Paul Groth, “Frameworks for Cultural Landscape Studies,” in Understanding Ordinary Landscapes, eds. Paul Groth and Todd W. Bressi, Paul Groth, “Generic Buildings and Cultural Landscapes as Sources of Urban History,” Journal of Architectural Education, Spring 1988: 41-44 Paul Groth, “Guidebooks as Community Service” Sarah Lopez, “A Personal Reflection on People as ‘Subjects’ for Built Environment Research,” Buildings and Landscapes: …
ALERT! First class meeting on W. January 15, 2:00PM will take place in Rudolph Hall: 4rth Flr. Pit.
Short Research-based Studies 1. Artifact Select one artifact from the Lost in New Haven collection and develop three potential narratives, each described in under 250 words. Three are important. Three ways to imbricate the object in a narrative. Not just one argument, support and explore multiple narratives. 2. Building / Streetscape Study Research social and physical history of a specific New Haven building and develop three potential narratives 3. Print…
