On The Waterfront: Finding the Balance for Development and Communities

Benjamin Shepard shared the following announcement with us; certainly, it looks like an interesting event.
On The Waterfront: Finding the Balance for Development and Communities
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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General education in the city

A recent article in Inside Higher Ed highlighted how Temple University has changed its core curriculum to incorporate place; in this case, Temple’s North Philadelphia neighborhood.
This really could serve as inspiration for our planned interdisciplinary gen ed course. Anyone have any contacts at Temple?

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Urban Affairs Association Conference call for proposals

Welcome back, everyone!
There was an intriguing nugget in Richard’s email from earlier this month that I wanted to bring to your attention. The Urban Affairs Association issued a call for proposals for its annual meeting in Chicago, March 4-7, 2009. Participation at the meeting can take the form of a panel, a colloquy, or an [...]

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Whitman’s Brooklyn

I stumbled across Whitman’s Brooklyn: A Virtual Visit circa 1850 [http://www.whitmansbrooklyn.org], a website of images of mid-19th-century Brooklyn. As best I can tell, this fascinating site is one person’s labor of love and not a project of any university, museum, or other institution. Still, it is rich with images and may have some very interesting [...]

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City of Water Day at Governors Island

On Saturday, July 26, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance will sponsor City of Water Day on Governors Island. Free ferries will transport visitors from Lower Manhattan to Governors Island, where there will be opportunities to kayak, canoe, fish, explore or just enjoy spectacular views of Brooklyn’s waterfront (Manhattan’s waterfront too, of course).
See the flyer (pdf) [...]

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Map of Greenpoint/Williamsburg Walking Tour

Here is a Google map of the Greenpoint/Williamsburg walking tour route. Most of the stops are marked and annotated. I hope those who couldn’t attend on May 2 will be able to use this to re-create the tour.
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