Posts Tagged ‘libraries’
The Peopling of East Broadway
January 15, 2014
The Peopling of East Broadway Professor: Ken Guest ITF: Owen Toews Campus: Baruch College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/guest2013/ This site displays students’ research findings in a brief, visually attractive way. It allows students to share multi-media creations, such as video, photography, and visual presentations. The site functions as a static, outward-facing exhibition of student work, rather than […]
2014 | 2013, All The Sites, Baruch College, Buddhist, Chinatown, Chinese, Christian, Dominican, East Asian, iMovie, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Ken Guest, Lower East Side, Other, Owen Toews, Polish, Russian, WordPress | Tags: built environment, civil society, East Broadway, landscape, libraries, mutual aid, parks, Power Point, Prezi, public space, small business, synagogues, templesComments (0)
New York’s Four Asiatowns
November 21, 2011
Professor: Margaret Chin ITF: Mike Porter Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/chin11/ Margaret Chin’s class compared and contrasted the communities in New York’s four Asiatowns: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; Flushing, Queens; Manhattan’s Chinatown; and Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They examined politics, issues of gentrification, and institutions in each neighborhood, including schools, libraries, community centers, medical facilities, and cultural centers. […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Chinatown, Chinese, Flushing, Hunter College, Manhattan, Margaret Chin, Mike Porter, People, Places, Sunset Park | Media: GoogleMaps, photos, WordPress | Tags: asiatown, community centers, cultural institutions, culture, gentrification, history, libraries, medical, outreach, politics, Queens College, schoolsComments (0)
East Harlem
November 21, 2011
Professor: Deborah Gardner ITF: Karen Gregory Campus: Hunter URL: http://www.wix.com/mhc15000/east-harlem Working with ITF Karen Gregory, Deborah Gardner’s class decided made a site about East Harlem, focused on seven specific cultural institutes in the neighborhood: El Museo del Barrio, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, Thomas Jefferson Park, El Paso Taqueria, the Aguilar Library, St. Cecilia Church, […]
