Professor Jennifer McStotts’ Blog

The back up worked like a charm. None of your previous assignments changed, as I had been afraid they would, and the the thematic papers are now up! I hope to be able to post the Cities in Film and Lit papers before my afternoon class, but I will post again when I finish either way.

In a remarkable turn of events, I actually remembered to post the PowerPoint early yesterday, but in a not-so-surprising way, I forgot to blog the announcement! So, let it be known that the PowerPoint for today as well as the one for Monday (4.21) is available on WebCT.

All,

I’m having a problem with WebCT - when I reply to people’s emails, my browser crashes. This has been happening since late last week, so I’m going to be reinstalling software over the next few days to try to eliminate the problem. I’ve replied to many emails, but if you haven’t gotten a response, either (1) wait a couple more days if it wasn’t time sensitive, or (2) email me outside of WebCT. You can also ask many questions of Meagan, who probably isn’t having the same issue.

I was sick over the whole of the weekend, so I am not where I’d like to be on grading. If you ask, the answer will be “I’m working on it.” I’ll post here when anything is graded and returned.

The PowerPoint for PLE for today is up.

Thanks - Prof. McS

In Wednesday in Urban Planning, we talked about teardowns. I promised to share some links and articles, so here they are. Please feel free to share your own in the comments below.

• An article on teardowns from the NY Times - subscription required.
• The Naperville (Chicago area) comments we discussed.
• The notorious teardowns.com
• The NPR piece, including the audio files.
• The unfortunately dated Save-Hillcrest blog.

Sorry so late.

All,
Please swap next Wednesday and Friday’s topics and readings.
What was:
W 9-Apr Green Building Eco-Architecture [WebCT]
F 11-Apr Teardown Trend NTHP [WebCT]
Is now:
W 9-Apr Teardown Trend NTHP [WebCT]
F 11-Apr Green Building Eco-Architecture [WebCT]