Case Study: Shoreditch

Elites’ taste were commonly adopted by people with lower income and status through the process of refinement which created the middle class. However, the middle class had to work in order to purchase all the material objects like tableware, china, carpets, and clocks. They earned extra income from household manufacturing. Thus, the middle class dealt with textiles and quilting to earn money and comfort. They were used to create family clothes or exchanged work with other people to create a strong fabric used to create summer working dressses. In the early 1800s, mills were starting to appear and they sold thread to women who would then weave it into cloth and sell it back. This caused a mixed between work and leisure, looms crowding furniture

Johnson’s “The Ghost Map” gives a very detailed narrative of life in London during the mid-1850’s. We see a city full of growth on a massive scale. The population was growing exponentially, industrial technology allowed supply to keep up with demand, and Victorian ideas were bustling through the streets. However, the waste from this massive growth was piling up just as fast. London became the largest city in Europe all the while creating a breeding ground for disease. Johnson’s view of London allows us to critically examine the similarity and differences with other urban areas 150 years later. Political, social, and economic agendas within these urban areas have evolved as well. The accounts of John Snow and Henry Whitehead show how new ideas

The Mall becomes a ‘utopia’ where time and space evaporate (Goss 1993) and creating the civic miracle of heightened safety, excessive cleanliness as well as a well-mannered populace, a process similar to Malcolm Voyce’s (2007) idea of ‘spatial purification’. The aesthetically laid sparkling Italian marble floor leaves a sense of slight consciousness with regard to the clinical and pristine nature of the surroundings. Perhaps, the wafting music of the grand piano (blocked from view by a crowd of onlookers surrounding the pianist) is meant to work as an antidote for the induced anxiety. The material and non-material presence of the mall forms its spatial representation and the conjured “image” plays a crucial role in determining the intended audience.

A suburb’s Culture of Place is expressed in its architecture, streetscape, heritage architecture, noise, colour, street life, energy, vitality and lifestyle. Pre-urban renewal, Pyrmont’s culture of place was highly reflective around its low-income blue-collar workers and primary and secondary industries. As the blue-collar workers moved out of the inner-city areas with the decentralisation of industry, Pyrmont’s culture of place directly correlated with its devastating urban decay, such as abandoned and vandalised buildings, boarded-up shops, unused port and transport infrastructure, and overgrown, rubble strewn lots where factories had been bulldozed. Following Pyrmont’s urban renewal, the culture of place has been significantly transformed and is now characterized by its heritage and gentrified architecture, lively streetscape with cafes and restaurants, vibrant colours, and very relaxed and cultured lifestyle. The suburb is scattered with green, open public space, which makes Pyrmont a somewhat green suburb. The noise of Pyrmont is very quiet with very limited noise pollution from construction sites and manufacturing industries, which would have defined the noise in the late 19th century and early 20th

The late 19th century was a monumental era for the city of Paris. As the city kept growing and increasing in popularity around the globe, the city itself was being modernized from its dated medieval layout. These modernizations had a direct impact on the culture of the city, the lifestyles of its inhabitants, and the prominence of the city across the world. Paris’ inhabitants were as social as ever, and often enjoyed themselves at cafés and bars. This modernization acted as a perfect catalyst to support the surging wave of capitalism across Western Europe. In the novel “The Ladies’ Paradise,” Emile Zola focuses on this rising capitalistic culture, specifically in the form of department stores. Like many features of Paris, the way the cities

Some people might think that abandoned, “ghetto” sites have become useless, uninspiring, invaluable and should be demolished to create a building in which people could inhabit or use with a purpose. Although, that is not always the situation, some places could be transformed into a building that is advantageous to all. To support this, it clearly states in Source#2 that “Through government partnerships, public art can also transform dull or run-down public spaces and inspire the people who live and work there. We believe that art is educational and belongs to all people. We endeavor to produce creative projects that engage citizens, beautify public spaces, and challenge expectations.”(Createforall.com) This source identifies how

Figure 3 showcases this diverse change. During Pyrmont’s establishment this harbor was bustling with ships filled with cargo, smoke and men bustling around with workloads in trucks and carriages. Yet, it is now a trendy suburb where people with money live, 15 million apartments, leisure and corporate businesses, all making up a perfect city landscape as seen in figure 5. Large-scale infrastructure and property redevelopment has transformed Pyrmont into a desirable inner city residential suburb. It is expected to result in the residential population reaching 20,000 by

Randy Gragg wrote “A High-Security, Low-Risk Investment: Private Prisons Make Crime Pay” Gragg is the architecture and urban design critic for the Oregonian, Portland’s daily newspaper. Gragg has written on wars, visual art, film and performance. Randy has shifted his journalistic focus to writing on the built environment. Beyond reviewing completed projects, he has worked to build a larger constituency for better design by frequently writing about buildings and planning efforts in their generative phases when citizens and officials can still affect them through the public review process. Since moving to the Northwest from Nevada, Randy has pursued numerous writing and curatorial projects in art and design. Randy plans to spend his time as

Brooklyn is best known for the historical monuments that may remind us of the yester-years of our past; Coney Island, Nathan’s hot dog, Junior’s cheesecake, the Botanical Garden are well known in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn that was once considered nostalgic is now becoming more uber-trendy and a replacement for Manhattan. The neighborhoods that we once called our

The Lapin Agile in Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile takes place in Paris, France in the early 1900s. This was a time when artists came together and admired or critiqued the arts around them. This was a place that had a common nightclub aspect to it. Montmartre, the district in Paris where the Lapin Agile is located, is known for being an artsy, social, yet risque environment. There are several famous shows occurring from night to night, Models, dancers, even prostitutes have their place in this setting. Sex shops are commonly found along the streets of Montmarte. The Lapin Agile itself was a place people from all types of artistic or unique backgrounds would come and show their art to an audience, often reflecting their own stories.

Over this semester we have focused on the overall topic of authenticity and how this is shown within sites that are located around the world. How to define authenticity when it comes to how it is used and seen in archaeology is the qualities of the site and how the site has been changed or modified to attract tourist, that creates revenue and get certain down on the map. Some of the challenges when it comes to defining what is authentic is based off information that is available on the site and finding ways for the site to connect to a culture and community that is present to talk about the site. Sometimes not every site is keen on inviting public involvement which how accurate the site is to what time in history it relates to. Changes that

Randy Gragg wrote “A High-Security, Low-Risk Investment: Private Prisons Make Crime Pay” Gragg is the architecture and urban design critic for the Oregonian, Portland’s daily newspaper. Gragg has written on wars, visual art, film and performance. Randy has shifted his journalistic focus to writing on the built environment. Beyond reviewing completed projects, he has worked to build a larger constituency for better design by frequently writing about buildings and planning efforts in their generative phases when citizens and officials can still affect them through the public review process. Since moving to the Northwest from Nevada, Randy has pursued numerous writing and curatorial projects in art and design. Randy plans to spend his time as

As I made my way in to the Averitt Center for the Arts, located locally in Statesboro, Georgia, I felt a sort of peace. The exterior of the Averitt Center is placed by an old-timey theatre, and is only accessible by walking which I liked because it made me feel like I was in the old days, when couples and individuals walked to the theatre with friends and family to enjoy a night out on the town. The interior was white and perfectly lit which made it seem very large and open, and like it had more work than it really did. This bright white color, mixed with just the right amount of lighting, made each piece of art stand out, making my decision a little harder than I believed it would be. Each of the three levels were laid out differently. The

I was likewise inquisitive to see Soho in more fine grained detail since I as of late read the book, The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst. It's an anecdotal story of a youthful gay man's life living in London before the AIDS emergency. I really distinguished a ton with the story—in addition to there were some truly provocative scenes (sexual fiction is quite cool, who knew?!). Be that as it may, what was quickly obvious from the novel were the areas and spots said—a hefty portion of them broadly in London Soho and a few, even ones I perceived. What's more, as I've composed some time recently, flying out to spots found in popular culture dependably makes for more significant treks.

While many neighborhoods in the cities of East Coast are popular for their skylines, Boston is more known for its upscale master-planned communities and vibrant neighborhoods. Although most of the Boston neighborhoods feature something unique with a distinctive appeal, the Back Bay neighborhood stands atop the list among top neighborhoods in this city because of many reasons. Boston’s Back Bay is home to posh waterfront communities, ancient Victorian brownstone homes, a pulsating dining and shopping hub and a vibrant nightlife scene. Even though the neighborhood is comparatively small, the Back Bay has made to the top as Boston’s epicenter for upscale living and activities. Here is a brief overview.