From The Peopling of New York City
List of Groups
- Group One (Jocelyne Jeannot & Dennis Kim)
- Group Two (Angela Ho, Emily Park, Mingfan Sun & David Weiss)
- Group Three (Conor Anderson, Christina Dumitrescu, Tihela Feit & Michael Hintze)
- Group Four (Kat Mateo, Marlen Herrera-Rojas, Annie Tran & Jasim Uddin)
- Group Five (Richard Esposito, Angela Ho & Justin Simmons)
Assignment
The scavenger hunt requires you to visit the neighborhood around Yankee Stadium (you can start where we started our walking tour and wander around from there) and complete the following tasks. You may need to consult our readings/walking tour notes in order to complete some of them. Work in groups of 2 or 3 (they do not have to match your wiki group). You should document your tasks via photographs which you will post to our course Wiki, with captions, by April 29.
1. Find one example that recalls pre-Bronx history. (1 photo)
2. Three generations of the transportation developments that shaped the Bronx. (3 photos)
3. Two examples of the wealth and optimism of the early 20th century.
4. Two examples of Art Deco architecture
5. One example that recalls the Burning of the Bronx.
6. Two examples of economic development today.
7. Find the Gateway Center, the Grand Concourse Hotel, the Old Yankee Stadium, the New Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Terminal Market, and the Bronx County Courthouse. (6 photos)
8. Two signs of gentrification. (2 photos)
9. Three examples of different ethnic groups that have lived or currently live in the neighborhood. (3 photos)
10. Two examples of mitigating institutions. (2 photos)
11. Find two real estate advertisements that show housing costs in the neighborhood today (for this task, you will need to consult a newspaper or other place where real estate advertisements are listed). (2 ads)
12. Take a picture of a landmark (It can be one of the ones you document for task 6) and research it in the AIA guide.
Total: 24-25 pictures and two advertisements
