Your challenge is to develop a short project exploring a topic or place in the Macaulay Center’s locale. Working with your group, decide on a particular focus or thesis for your mini-project, and use at least one web app to showcase your ideas.
Some possible topics are:
- ABC: 77 West 66 Street (across 67 Street from Macaulay)
- Apple Store: 1981 Broadway at 67 Street
- Banana Republic:67th & Broadway
- Barnes and Noble: 66th St & Columbus Ave
- Cafe des Artistes: 67th St & Broadway
- Cafes/public spaces
- Central Park, urban planning etc
- Entertainment in the area (movie theater, Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School)
- Farmer’s Market (Saturday)
- Fictional videos or creative endeavors exploring the area
- Food and nutrition in the neighborhood
- The Juilliard School http://www.juilliard.edu/
- Lincoln Center
- History and Evolution of the Complex
- West Side Story (which took place where Lincoln Center is now!)
- Local Merchants vs. Big Chain Retail
- Liquor Store: 67 Wine: 179 Columbus Ave
- Drug Store: Thomas Drugs: 171 Columbus Ave (vs. Duane Reade at 2025 Broadway)
- The Sensuous Bean: 66 West 70th St http://www.sensousbean.com (vs. Starbucks)
- Cafe St. Honore: 189 Columbus Avenue (vs. Starbucks)
- Magnolia Bakery: Columbus Ave at 69 Street
- Makor – history of MHC building
- New Avery Fisher Hall
- Religious spaces
- LDS building: 125 Columbus Ave
- Street Islands
- Streetcarts
- Tavern on the Green: 67 St & Central Park West
- Transportation – pedestrian flow, subway, buses, bikes
- Upper West Side Business Planning
