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Week #TOPICSREADINGS
1Introduction
2Downtown: Its History (1)Amazon logo Fogelson, Robert M. Introduction and Chapters 1-4 in Downtown: Its Rise and Fall 1880-1950. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780300098273.
3Downtown: Its History (2)Fogelson. Chapters 5-8 and epilogue in Downtown.
4Discussion of Paper TopicsAmazon logo Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Columb, and Joseph W. M. Williams. Chapters 3-8 in The Craft of Research. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780226065847.
5Downtown: Its History (3)Amazon logo Teaford, Jon C. Chapters 2, 6, and 7 in The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America 1940-1985. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780801841347.

Amazon logo Weiss, Marc A. "The Origins and Legacy of Urban Renewal." In Federal Housing Policy and Programs. Edited by Paul J. Mitchell. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Center for Urban Planning, 1985. pp. 253-276. ISBN: 9780882851075.

Amazon logo Frieden, Bernard J., and Lynne B. Sagalyn. Chapter 6 in Downtown, Inc.: How America Rebuilds Cities. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780262061285.
6Research about DowntownUndergraduate Essays

Plosky, Eric. "The Destruction of Pennsylvania Station and the Creation of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission." (1998).

Tsipis, Yanni. "The Last Road to Boston, The Story of the Massachusetts Turnpike Extension." (May 1999).

Fichter, Kate. "The Boston Irish Famine Memorial: Art, Politics, and the Many Lives of a Public Monument." (2000).

Kochan, Ben. "Fire in the Sky: Electrifying Boston's Horse-Drawn Streetcars." (2003).

Bergren, Anna D. "Throwing Punches and Cutting Deals: Saving Boston's CITGO Sign in 1983." (2004).
7Sources and Methods
8Discussion of Paper Topics
9One-on-one Discussions
10Student Presentations (1)
11Student Presentations (2)
12Student Presentations (3)
13Student Presentations (4)
14Conclusion

 








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