Readings

SES # TOPICS READINGS
1 Introduction Schurch, Thomas. "Reconsidering Urban Design: Thoughts about its Definition and Status as a Field or Profession." Journal of Urban Design 4, no. 1 (1999): 5-28.
Part 1: Forces Affecting Urban Development
2 Viewpoints on the City Clay, Grady. "Introduction, Word Game, Fixes." In Close Up. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1980, pp. 11-37. ISBN: 0226109453.

Jackson, J. B. "The Stranger's Path." In Landscapes. Boston, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1952, pp. 92-106. ISBN: 0870230549.

Lynch, Kevin. "City Image and Its Elements." In Image of the City. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1960, pp. 46-90. ISBN: 0262620014.
3 The Forces that Made Boston Whitehill, Walter Muir. Boston: A Topographical History. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1975. ISBN: 0674002687. (General reference for Assignment 1.)

Seasholes, Nancy. Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. ISBN: 0262194945. (General reference for Assignment 1.)

Lynch, Kevin. "Form Values in Urban History." In A Theory of Good City Form. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984, pp. 5-36. IBSN: 0262620464.
4 Walking Tour of Boston
5 The Market Morrill, Richard. "The Urban System and Urban Structure." In The Spatial Organization of Society. North Scituate, MA: Duxbury Press, 1974, pp. 155-174. ISBN: 087872057X.
6 Case Study: Boston's West End

Guest: James Campano, Editor, The West Ender.
Gans, Herbert. "The West End: An Urban Village," and "Redevelopment of the West End." In The Urban Villagers. New York, NY: London Free Press, 1982, pp. 3-41 and 281-304. ISBN: 0029112400.

Langdon, Philip. "Eminent Domain Goes to Court." Planning 71, no. 4 (2005): 12-15.

Kelo v. City of New London, 268 Conn. 1, 843 A. 2d 500, affirmed. Supreme Court of the United States, 2005, pp. 1-2.

Browse selected issues of this newspaper: Campano, James, ed. The West Ender.
7 Social Forces Jacobs, Jane. "The Uses of City Neighborhoods." In The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York, NY: Modern Library, 1993, pp. 112-140. ISBN: 0679600477.

Sklar, Holly. "Creating a Sustainable Urban Village: The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative," and "Real Insurance." Orion 15, no. 4 (Autumn 1996): 28-38.
8 The Public Will Sutcliffe, Anthony. "Grand Design." In The Autumn of Central Paris. London, UK: Edward Arnold, 1970, pp. 11-42. ISBN: 0713155493.

Caro, Robert. "The Warp On the Loom." In The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York, NY: Knopf, 1974, pp. 615-636. ISBN: 0394720245.
9 The Public Wish Barnett, Jonathan. "Designing Cities Without Designing Buildings." In An Introduction to Urban Design. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1982, pp. 57-97. ISBN: 0064301141.

Kayden, Jerold S. "Record." In Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 2001, pp. 43-59. ISBN: 0471362573.

Muschamp, Herbert. "Reaching for Power Over Streets and Sky." New York Times, May 28, 2000, p. 1.
10 Case Study: Shaping Private Development / The Case Of Smart Growth

Guest: Prof. Terry Szold, Principal, Community Planning Solutions
Szold, Terry. "The Local Arena - Changing Regulations and Standards to Address Sprawl." Chapter 20 in Urban Sprawl: A Comprehensive Guide. Edited by David Soule. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 0313320381.
11 Discussion Session (In Sections)
12 Public / Private Partnerships Frieden, Bernard, and Lynne Sagalyn. "Entrepreneurial Cities and Maverick Developers, Deal Making, Getting and Spending." In Downtown, Inc. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990, pp. 107-154. ISBN: 0262560593.

Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, and Tridib Banerjee. Urban Design Downtown. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998, pp. 103-148. ISBN: 0520209303.
13 Walking Tour of Providence / Waterfire

Guides: Barnaby Evans, Creator / Producer of Waterfire
Frenchman, Dennis. "Event Places in North America: City Meaning and Making." Places 16, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 36-49.
14 Field Visit: Boston Redevelopment Authority Review the following web site prior to the BRA field visit: Beyond the Big Dig.
15 Visions Campbell, Robert. "After the Big Dig, the Big Question: Where's the Vision?" Boston Globe, May 26, 2002.

———. "Beyond the Big Dig National Panel Recommendations." Boston Globe, May 30, 2002.
16 Discussion of Assignment 1 (In Sections) Campbell, Robert. "After the Big Dig, the Big Question: Where's the Vision?" Boston Globe, May 26, 2002.

———. "Beyond the Big Dig National Panel Recommendations." Boston Globe, May 30, 2002.
Part 2: Models of Urban Design and Development
17 The Traditional City Reps, John W. "New Towns in New England," and "Carolina and Georgia." In Town Planning in Frontier America. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1980, pp. 100-117 and 162-180.

Kunstler, James Howard. "Home From Nowhere." The Atlantic Monthly 278, no. 3 (1996): 43-46.

Krier, Leon. "Master Plan for Poundbury Development in Dorchester." Prince Charles and the Architectural Debate, Architectural Design 59, no. 5/6 (1989): 46-55.

Baer, William C. "General Plan Evaluation Criteria: An Approach to Making Better Plans." Journal of the American Planning Association 63, no. 3 (1997): 329-343.
18 The City as a Work of Art Sitte, Camillo. City Planning According to Artistic Principles. Translated by George R. Collins and Christiane Crasemann Collins. Originally published in 1899. New York, NY: Random House, 1965, pp. 3-19 and 83-111.

Barnett, Jonathan. "The Monumental City." In The Elusive City. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1986, pp. 5-62. ISBN: 0064301559.

Krier, Rob. "Reconstructing Devastated Spaces With Examples from the Center of Stuttgart." In Urban Space. London, UK: Academy Editions, 1991, pp. 89-111. ISBN: 0856705764.
19 Case Study: Tradition and Invention in City Design / The Case of San Diego

Guest: Adele Naude Santos, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning
20 Case Study: The High Art of Capital Cities

Guest: Larry Vale, Head, MIT DUSP
Vale, Lawrence. "Capital and Capitol." In Architecture, Power, and National Identity. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995, pp. 1-43. ISBN: 0300049587.
21 The Efficient City Fischler, Raphael. "The Metropolitan Dimension of Early Zoning: Revisiting the 1916 New York City Ordinance." Journal of the American Planning Association 64, no. 2 (Spring 1998): 170-188.

Bush, Donald. "The World of Tomorrow." In The Streamlined Decade. New York, NY: Brazillier, 1975, pp. 154-170. ISBN: 0807607924.

Corbusier, Le. "A Contemporary City," and "The Working Day." In The City of To Morrow and Its Planning. London, UK: Architectural Press, 1987, pp. 158-194. ISBN: 0486253325.

Campanella, Thomas J. "The Visible City." Metropolis Magazine, March 1995.
22 Case Study: Redeveloping Cities / Case of Beijing

Guest: Yung Ho Chang, Head, MIT Department of Architecture
Husock, Howard. "The Widening of Ping An Avenue: Making Decisions about Historic Preservation." Kennedy School of Government Case #1525.2. Cambridge, MA: John F. Kennedy School of Government, October 12, 1998.

Wu, Liangyong. "The City of Beijing in Historic Perspective." In Rehabilitating the Old City of Beijing: A Project in the Ju'er Hutong Neighbourhood. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 1999, pp. 3-15. ISBN: 0774807261.

"Appetite for Destruction." Time (Asia) (March 5, 2001).
23 The City in Nature Ward, Stephen V., ed. "The Garden City Introduced." In The Garden City: Past, Present and Future. London, UK: E & FN Spon, 1992, pp. 1-27. ISBN: 0419173102.

Spirn, Anne Whiston. "City and Nature." In The Sustainable Urban Development Reader. Edited by Stephen M. Wheeler and Timothy Beatley. New York, NY: Routledge, 2004, pp. 113-115. ISBN: 041531187X.

Ibelings, Hans. The Artificial Landscape: Contemporary Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape Architecture in the Netherlands. Rotterdam, Netherlands: NAi Publishers, 2000, pp. 40-47. ISBN: 9056621564.
24 Discussion Session (In Sections)
25 Case Study: The End of the Suburbia?

Guest: Prof. Robert Fishman, University of Michigan, Historian and Critic
Fishman, Robert. "Beyond Sprawl: The New American Metropolis." In In the Middle of the Edge: From the Suburb to Sprawl to the Regional City. Edited by Lars Boelling and Thomas Sieverts. Wuppertal, Germany: Mueller and Busmann, 2004, pp. 138-161. ISBN: 3928766597.

O'Hehir, Andrew. "Soul of the Suburb." Salon, April 13, 2000.
26 The Secure City Davis, Mike. "Fortress L.A." In City of Quartz. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1992, pp. 221-263. ISBN: 0679738061.

Low, Setha. "Unlocking the Gated Community." In Behind the Gates: Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America. London, UK; New York, NY: Routledge, 2003, pp. 7-26. ISBN: 0415944384.

Heathcote, Edwin. "Call this civilization?" Financial Times, August 19, 2005, pp. 1-3.

Dunlap, David W., and Glenn Collins. "New Design for Freedom Tower Calls for 200-Foot Pedestal." New York Times, July 29, 2005, pp. 1-3.

Speck, Jeff B. "The Freedom Tower: An Alienating Monument to Surrender." Metropolis Magazine, July 5, 2005.

Fan, Maureen. "Block by Block, Access Denied." Washington Post, August 22, 2004, pp. 1-4.

National Capital Planning Commission. The National Capital Urban Design and Security Plan. Washington, DC: National Capital Planning Commission, 2002. (Skim)
27 The Information City Harvey, David. "Time Space Compression and the Postmodern Condition." The Condition of Postmodernity. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 285-307. ISBN: 0631162941.

Venturi, Robert, and Denise Scott Brown. Architecture as Signs and Systems. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2004, pp. 12-40 and 93-101. ISBN: 0674015711.

Frenchman, Dennis, Michael Joroff, et al. "Seoul Digital Media Street." Seoul, South Korea: Strategic Development Institute, 2003.
28 The Virtual City

Guest: Prof. William Mitchell, Media Lab
Mitchell, William J. "Prologue: Urban Requiem," and "March of the Meganets." In E-topia. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999, pp. 3-29. ISBN: 0262133555.
29 Debating the Models
30 The Good City Lynch, Kevin. "Between Heaven and Hell." In A Theory of Good City Form. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984, pp. 51-72. ISBN: 0262620464.
31 Wrap Up