- Lewis Mumford, “What is a city?” from The Culture of Cities.
Week Two: Utopia(s)
- David Pinder, Visions of the City, chapters 1-4.
- Interview with David Pinder online via Bad Subjects.
Week Three: Situationist Critiques
- Ivan Chtcheglov, “Formulary for a New Urbanism”
- Guy Debord, “Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography”
- David Pinder, Visions of the City, Chapter 5.
Week Four: Policing Space
- Don Mitchell, A Right to the City, chapters 1 & 2.
- Jonathan Sterne, The Politics of Muzak and Non-Aggressive Sound Deterrents.
- Chicago surveillance cameras
- Chicago surveillance featured on NPR
- Surveillance Camera Players
- Henry Giroux, "War on Terror: The Militarising of Public Space and Culture in the United States," Third Text, Vol. 18, Issue 4, 2004, 211–221.
- Stephen Graham, "Lessons in Urbicide," New Left Review 19, January-February 2003, pp. 63-77.
- Derek Gregory, "Palestine Under Siege," Antipode, Volume 36 Issue 4, 2004, Pages 601 - 606.
Week Five: Parks & Plazas
- Don Mitchell, A Right to the City, chapters 3-4.
- People's Park website
- Park(ing) Day
- San Franscisco's Parks: Public Space or Corporate Occupied Territory?
- The following links are from the Project for Public Spaces. I encourage you to check these out and take a look around their website for information and/or ideas:Top Public Squares in North America,The World's Best Squares ,Ten Principles for Creating Successful Public Squares.
Week Six: Space & Housing
- Don Mitchell, A Right to the City, chapters 5-7.
- Facts about homelessness from the National Coalition for the Homeless. Check out the first three documents (they are short).
- A documentary about housing in New Orleans called This is my Home. (MAKE SURE TO WATCH THIS)
- A New York Times video on housing in New Orleans.
- Documents about New Orleans housing demolitions. Check out the first document...the rest is for further research).
Week Seven: Gentrification, Part I
- Neil Smith, “Class Struggle on Avenue B: The Lower East Side as Wild Wild West,” in The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City.
- John J. Betancur, “The Politics of Gentrification.” Urban Affairs Review, 37: 780-814 (an article about West Town Chicago).
- CHICAGO-BASED GROUP PAPER DUE TODAY! (Click here for the assignment)
Recommended:
- Neil Smith, Chapter Two in The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City.
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