New York City: Architecture and Urbanism
ARHA 256
Spring 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 266 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Urban Studies, Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
This course considers the history of architecture and urban development in New York City from colonial times to the present. Emphasis is on major landmarks of each historic period, with attention to related planning, parks, land and water transportation, housing trends, and urban infrastructure. Conditions of settlement, growth, decline, and renewal will be examined from a political, economic, and social perspective in varied neighborhoods. Contemporary topics include neo-liberal policies for urban development, green buildings, gentrification, and planning for the city's future in the era of impending climate change. While the focus will be on architecture, every effort will be made to see built environs as points of intersection between competing ideals and interests that shape the city we see. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(ARHA-MN)(ARHA)(ARST)(IDEA-MN)(IDEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Representative Readings, among many others, include:
1. Robert A.M. Stern, Thomas Mellins, and David Fishman, New York 1880:
Architecture and Urbanism in Gilded Age (1999). ISBN: 1580930271
2. Robert A. M. Stern, Gregory F. Gilmartin, and John M. Massengale, New York 1900:
Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism, 1890-1915 (1983) ISBN : 0847805115
3. Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory F. Gilmartin, and Thomas Mellins. New York 1930:
Architecture and Urbanism between the Two World Wars (1987). ISBN :
0847806189
4. Robert A.M. Stern, Thomas Mellins, and David Fishman, New York 1960:
Architecture and Urbanism between the Second World War and the Bicentennial
(1995). ISBN : 1885254024
5. Robert A.M. Stern, David Fishman, Jacob Tilove, New York 2000: Architecture and
Urbanism between the Bicentennial and the Millennium (2006).
ISBN : 1885254024
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Examinations and Assignments:
1. Three in-class essay examinations; one research paper proposal; one 7-8 page research paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
1. Prospective Wesleyan students can visit this class |
| Instructor(s): Siry,Joseph Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: BOGH112; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 7 | JR non-major: 7 | SO: 6 | FR: 6 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 5 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
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