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1Introduction
Part 1: Forces Affecting Urban Development
2Viewpoints on the CityAssignment 1 out
3The Forces that Made Boston
4Walking Tour of Boston
5The Market
6

Case Study: Boston's West End

Guest: James Campano, Editor, The West Ender

Identify place for Assignment 1
7Social Forces
8The Public Will
9The Public Wish
10

Case Study: Shaping Private Development / The Case Of Smart Growth

Guest: Prof. Terry Szold, Principal, Community Planning Solutions

11Discussion Session (In Sections)
12Public / Private Partnerships
13Field Visit: Boston Redevelopment Authority
14Visions
15

Walking Tour of Providence / Waterfire

Guide: Barnaby Evans, Creator / Producer of Waterfire

16Discussion of Assignment 1 (In Sections)Assignment 1 due
Part 2: Models of Urban Design and Development
17The Traditional CityAssignment 2 out
18The City as a Work of Art
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 Political Art of Capital Cities

Guest: Larry Vale, Head, MIT DUSP

21The Efficient City
22

Case Study: Globalizing Cities

Guest: Yung Ho Chang, Head, MIT Department of Architecture

23Urban Nature
24Discussion Session (In Sections)
25

Case Study: The End of the Suburbia?

Guest: Prof. Robert Fishman, University of Michigan, Historian and Critic

26The Secure City
27The Information City
28

The Virtual City

Guest: Prof. William Mitchell, MIT Design Lab

29Debating the Models
30The Good CityAssignment 2 due
31Wrap-up

 








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