Reading The City

(4 Credits)

The course will focus on observation and documentation of a historical section of New York City from its foundation to the present. Students will participate in field walks and attend in-class lectures and discussions.? A principal objective of the course is to have students learn to read the historical stratigraphy of the city by using primary and secondary sources such as maps, prints, and panoramas, as well as City Council minutes and other printed documents. The goal is to have students deepen their understanding of phenomena that they have observed at first hand.