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Farewell

profmcs — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:06:38 +0000

Hello all. This is just a reminder (or an announcement, if you didn’t know) that I will be on a leave of absence beginning in the fall of 2008. I may update this blog with interesting tidbits from time to time, but I will not being using it for class posts (obviously) or checking on the comments.
I hope you all had a wonderful summer! Best of luck in the new school year!
Jennie McStotts

Event Thursday Night!

profmcs — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:26:11 +0000

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!

Midtown Unveiled

profmcs — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:29:11 +0000

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?

Rypkema Lecture

profmcs — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:32:49 +0000

One week from tomorrow!
This is a major figure in preservation economics – don’t miss it!

The Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program, Department of Art History, School of the Arts, College of Charleston presents a Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Lecture

DONOVAN RYPKEMA
Principal, Place Economics
“Historic Preservation and Sustainable Development”

Thursday, January 31
7:00 PM
Simons Center for the Arts, Room 309
College of Charleston

Reception Following Lecture

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information, call (843)953-3888

Nothing Substantial

profmcs — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:15:46 +0000

TGIF!
Just quickly pointing out two updates to the edublog format – there’s now a tag cloud to the right and an option, just below it, to sign up to get the blog in your email. This may be best for those of you wanting to know the moment I grade something or post on WebCT.
I’ll be adding tags for events soon, as we have many coming this semester, starting with today’s meet-and-greet. Hope to see you in 12 Bull at 5:30!
Enjoy your long weekend! – Prof. McStotts

Pres Law Announcement – No PPT

profmcs — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:24:05 +0000

Just a quick note that there won’t be a separate PowerPoint for tomorrow but that the first assignment will be up if you want to print the related PDF. Look for it before class tomorrow.

Upcoming Lecture

profmcs — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:50:26 +0000

Hello again! I hope the first week of classes treated you well. So far I’m excited about this semester. The students in all of my classes seem engaged, so I thought that you all might like to know about this upcoming talk.

TIMELESS or OF ITS TIME?
THURSDAY, 17 JANUARY, 2008
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien
Location Charleston Museum Auditorium, John Street and Meeting Street intersection
Reception 6:15pm, with coffee and cookies to follow lecture
Lecture 7:00 pm
Parking Charleston Museum parking lot
For as long as it has had a sense of its own past, Charleston has been debating the appropriateness of design for historic places: should we hold to the grand traditions of the past or should we make new contributions to those traditions? What is often presented as a clear choice may, in fact, be more ambiguous: “In short, the only rule common to all… canonical work, so endlessly discussed, [is that it must] have permanent value and, which is really the same thing, perpetual modernity.”—Frank Kermode
This lecture series will highlight one contemporary and one traditional viewpoint, voiced by world class architects, and frame them in international and local perspectives.

I hope I’ll see you there! Remember, if you know about upcoming events or current topics, please email or comment!
Prof. McS

Happy 2008!

profmcs — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:42:46 +0000

Welcome back to the new year!
The College of Charleston gets back in session this Wednesday, so there’s one more day of preparation left tomorrow. This semester I’ll be teaching Urban Planning and Preservation Law/Economics, and I’m really looking forward to it. One of my plans for the New Year includes a regular schedule of updates, but more on that soon!

Advising and Other Sign Up Sheets

profmcs — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:17:47 +0000

Hello again! I hope everyone had a good fall break. I – for one – wish it was a week long instead of two days.
If you need to sign up for major advising or a Senior Seminar individual meeting with me, the sign up sheets are here and here:
Advising: http://profmcs.wikispaces.com/Advising
Senior Seminar: http://profmcs.wikispaces.com/SeniorSeminar
No login in required – just click Edit this page, choose the sign up time you want and enter your name (first name last initial is fine). Don’t forget to click save. You’re on your honor not to wipe out other people’s times please!

Interpret THIS!

profmcs — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:41:15 +0000

Here’s one to challenge all of my classes.
Asian “Atlantis” Shows Strange Structure {http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/photogalleries/japan-pictures/photo2.html}
For the Intro folks – is this world heritage? Does your answer change based on whether or not it’s cultural or natural?
For Senior Seminar – how would you interpret this? And if it turns out it IS “Atlantis”?
For Urban Planning – …. I got nothing.
Have a great Fall Break everyone.
See you next week. – Prof. McS