Lecture Topics and Assignments
WEEK 1
INTRODUCTION: PATTERNS OF COMMUNITY AND CONFLICT
WEEK 2
COLONIAL TOWNS AND ORIGIN MYTHS
WEEK 3
MANUFACTURING CIVIC AND COMMERCIAL CULTURE
WEEK 4
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL AND CIVIC SPACE
WEEK 5
HOUSING REFORMS, SEGREGATION AND "HOMELESSNESS"
WEEK 6
THE SOCIAL SCIENTIST AND THE C.B.D. (Central Business District)
WEEK 7
SUBURBAN DREAMS AND NATIONAL URBAN POLICIES
WEEK 8
SITES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMERICAN MODERNISM
WEEK 9
COMMERCIAL CULTURE AS URBAN LIFE
WEEK 10
DEVELOPMENT AND DECENTRALIZATION: THE POST-WAR ERA
WEEK 11
POSTMODERNISM, PRESERVATION AND URBAN POST-MORTEMS
WEEK 12
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
WEEK 13
THE LURE OF THE FUTURE AND RETURN OF THE REPRESSED: URBAN DESIGN TODAY