Feb. 5

A guide to researching a local building that focuses on digital resources and a Word Doc that is the form that we will essentially follow to record our building research are also on Canvas to peruse. Reading responses for this week are below. Readings: Jessica Larson, “The Black Building Environment of Benevolence in New York’s Tenderloin District” Robert W. Craig, “Fire Insurance Records and the Architectural Historian,” Buildings and Landscapes: …

Jan 22

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…

January 15

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: …