After completing the readings for today’s class, I couldn’t help but focus my attention on the piece published by Edward Tufte, and the issues he raises with Microsoft PowerPoint. The issues that Tufte raises with PowerPoint and the underlying “need… Continue Reading →
Growing up in New York City, I can proudly say that I attended public school from kindergarten through high school, and I think that many people in the city fail to realize the value of free education. We have the… Continue Reading →
After reading the two texts for today’s class, I was able to gain a new perspective on gentrification – that it can be viewed as positive by those who had originally grown up in that neighborhood. A simple monetary example… Continue Reading →
After reading the articles for today’s class, it seems like the increasing number of homeless people is connected largely to the issue addressed in the last class – a physical lack of housing units. With an increasing amount of people… Continue Reading →
By nature, one of the characteristics of rent regulated apartments is that they are scarcely available to the public. This stems from two factors: demand for them is naturally high (most people would prefer to pay a lower rent, if… Continue Reading →
Coates: Good afternoon, Mr. Williamson. I appreciate you taking the time to meet me today, and I hope we can have a productive discussion about some of your comments in response to my work. Part of being an intelligent writer… Continue Reading →
After reading the ProPublica article about historical HUD inefficiencies, my biggest takeaway was that the government inefficiency following the enactment of the Fair Housing Act reduced the effectiveness of the law for years to come. The author offers a compelling… Continue Reading →
After completing the two readings for today’s class, my biggest takeaway is that the value of housing (especially public housing) goes deeper than the architecture and material appearance of the construction – for a public housing block to be successful,… Continue Reading →
After reading both of the articles, I gained a greater sense of the cyclical nature of large communities, and found it to be familiar to the economic/business cycle. Both Detroit and Jamaica enjoyed booming times initially, but the state of… Continue Reading →
I found two ideas from the reading to be particularly engaging – both have to do with the dynamics of the city. The first is that New York City is composed of three different groups of people – natives (those… Continue Reading →
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