Mar 10 2008
Monday update - all classes and students
Advising first, then Pres Law, then Urban Planning
If you need to see me for advising, go to http://profmcs.wikispaces.com/Advising to sign up.
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URBAN:
Archive for the 'UrbanPlng' Category
Feb 21 2008
Midtown Unveiled
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?
Feb 06 2008
WebCT update - all classes
Hello all.
Your Uploading Practice has been returned. Remember - the only acceptable formats are .doc, .pdf, and .ppt. (Grad students and PLE students, see me if you need to use something different so we can discuss compatibility.)
PLE students - two things.
- Your Practical Exercise #1 (PrEx1) will be returned by Monday, midday, if not sooner. I’ll post here when I return them, but in the meantime, please remember to look before class so we can deal with any questions you feel comfortable sharing in class on Monday.
- Your readings for all of next week are up - DOTA, NEPA, and Dole.
Thanks! I’m staying home tomorrow to grade but will be in on Friday.
Jan 30 2008
My Photography Policy
As my Urban Planning students and I discussed last week, my policy on using photography or illustrations of any kind in assignments is that the work should either be your own or something you have a license to use. That’s why we covered Flickr and Creative Commons last week.
Well, a thought occurred to me during my own photography research earlier this week, which is that another batch of photographs you have a limited license to use is National Archive material. You can search the Library of Congress, and specifically the American Memory Collection, to find a lot of really fascinating images and material. Maps, photographs, many many things to explore. The entire HABS collection is there under Built in America (link in the bar on the right as well).
Take a look at the Reproduction Rights and necessary attribution information before you use it, but much of it is public domain (or close enough for a school paper).
Comment here if you have questions or other ideas for sources.
Jan 25 2008
Howard’s Garden City?
You betcha.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/234-slumless-smokeless-cities/
Have a good weekend.
Jan 18 2008
WebCT update - all classes
Hello everyone.
All readings and assignments for the month of January are posted on WebCT as of right now.
Pres Law & Econ Students - Don’t forget about the uploading exercise.
Urban Planning Students - all readings for the semester are posted. No assignments are up except the uploading exercise, which is due in one week (the 25th) and which we will talk about in class Wednesday.
Have a great long weekend!
