Posts Tagged ‘astoria’
Astoria: The Falafel Squad
June 3, 2016
Astoria: The Falafel Squad Professor: Karen Williams ITF: Alexis Carrozza Campus: Brooklyn College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/astoriablvd/ This site explores Astoria by documenting the sites, sounds, scents, textures, and tastes that the students experienced while visiting the neighborhood. The site’s organization and content reflects the course’s emphasis on ethnographic research using the five senses. The group put […]
2016 | 2016, Alexis Carrozza, All The Sites, audio, Brooklyn College, Chinese, East Asian, Greek, Karen Williams, Latino, maps, Queens, video, WordPress | Tags: astoria, falafelComments (0)
The Astoria Project
June 1, 2016
The Astoria Project Professor: Christos Ioannides ITF: Caroline Erb Campus: Queens College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/ioannides16_astoriaproject/ Professor Christos Ioannides’ students created a site to highlight the demographic changes, cultural outlets, institutions, and commercial ventures of Greeks in Astoria, Queens. The website showcases the highlights of the Greek community as Astoria rapidly gentrifies. Each student authored a page […]
2016 | 2016, All The Sites, Caroline Erb, Christos Ioannides, GarageBand, GoogleMaps, Greek, Other, Queens, Queens College, WordPress | Tags: astoria, commerce, culture, demographics, Greeks, YouTubeComments (0)
Astoria Project: A Brief Overview of Life in Astoria, Queens
April 16, 2016
Astoria Project: A Brief Overview of Life in Astoria, Queens Professor: Christos Ioannides ITF: Caroline Erb-Medina Campus: Queens College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/ioannides15_astoriaproject Welcome to the Astoria Project, a website completed by the Macaulay Honors College students of Dr. Christos Ioannides’ Seminar 2 course, The Peopling of New York. Students used WordPress and custom CSS coding to […]
2016 | 2015, All The Sites, audio, Caroline Erb, Christos Ioannides, GoogleMaps, Greek, maps, Queens, Queens College, video, WordPress | Tags: astoria, GreeksComments (0)
The Peopling of Astoria, NY
May 21, 2014
The Peopling of Astoria, NY Professor: Sofya Aptekar ITF: Fiona Lee Campus: Hunter College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/sa14 This website showcases the work of Macaulay Honors students at Hunter College in Seminar 2: The Peopling of New York in spring 2014. Focusing on the neighborhood of Astoria in western Queens, students investigated the role of immigration and […]
2014 | 2014, All The Sites, Egyptian, Fiona Lee, Greek, Hunter College, iMovie, Other, Queens, Sofya Aptekar, WordPress | Tags: 9/11, Arabic, astoria, English, gentrification, interviews, Kaufman Studios, language, Little Egypt, NYPD, observations, surveillanceComments (0)
The Peopling of New York
May 21, 2014
The Peopling of New York Professor: Eric Alterman ITF: Jennifer Corby Campus: Brooklyn College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/alterman2014/ In this seminar, students worked independently or in small groups to make 2 presentations: one on an NYC neighborhood, and one biography of an NYC landmark.
