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The next Timeless Or Of Its Time Lecture.

THURSDAY, 28 FEBRUARY, 2008

DAVID M. SCHWARZ

Location Charleston Museum Auditorium, John Street and Meeting Street intersection

Reception 6:15pm, with coffee and cookies to follow lecture

Lecture 7:00 pm

David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services, Inc. emphasizes architecture as both a service and an art while holding appropriateness to context as a fundamental tenet of its design philosophy. Schwarz and his team have received numerous awards for their work from national organizations including the American Institute of Architects, the Society of American Registered Architects, the Masonry Institute, the Landscape Contractors Association and the Art Deco Society of Washington.

Hope to see you there!

Tags: events, lecture

On the current and local events front: “Midtown” Unveiled; project aims to spur transformation of Upper King Street.

The Midtown project will be presented to the Charleston Board of Architectural Review in a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. March 3 in the fourth-floor meeting room at 75 Calhoun St. I know it’s Spring Break, but maybe I’ll see some of you there. (For more information, you can see a city planning document with some great graphics at http://www.charleston.net/midtown/.)

For my urban planning students - does anything about this project make you think of Jane Jacobs? Robert Moses? Cataclysmic money even?

Tags: Charleston

This will probably be the last PLE specific post for a couple weeks. I’ve just finished posting all of the following on WebCT:

1. The readings for Monday (the studies), Wednesday (easements), and the week after spring break (charity). The last is a link to a large PDF file - let me know if there’s any confusion.
2. A link to an optional reading under FYI with more details about the legal responsibilities of nonprofit organizations. I thought this might be helpful for those of you thinking about writing on NPOs.
3. Another pro forma PDF - this one with the example we’re walking through in class. I don’t send the excel file because it has all the equations pre-coded. If there’s interest in walking through how to use Excel to do that, let me know. It’d only take a couple minutes to explain.
4. Last but not least, an assignment where you can turn in your preliminary work for your rehab projects that’s due next Wednesday. Given that there are 7 undergrads and 11 grads, at least one group will be mixed, so get to know your neighbor on Monday if you don’t have a partner yet.

There won’t be a PowerPoint Monday, but there will on Wednesday.
See you next week!

Tags: ClassInfo, WebCT

All,
The readings - IRC sections and Recapture brief - are available on WebCT. Don’t forget to also read Boyle. I posted a couple other tax credit related links and PDFs under FYI for those of you who want or need to know more, especially for those struggling with the material or hoping to write a paper on the topic.
There will be a PowerPoint, but it won’t be up until tomorrow. See you then!

PS I’ve been told that at least one of you is complaining that I made no comments on your document, just highlighted words and phrases. It sounds like you don’t have comments turned on, because I would NEVER return a paper without comments. Look at the tutorial in WebCT under Tech Tips and if there’s still nothing, email me.

Hello all.
Number 1 is returned and number 2 is posted with an extended deadline.
PS - No PPT today.

I’ve just placed an announcement on WebCT, but long story short, I’ve been unable to complete the grading due to illness and unless I post otherwise, we will talk about them in class Wednesday. I’m hoping to feel up to finishing them tonight or between classes tomorrow but don’t want your grades to suffer just because I’m sick! See you in class - Jennie

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