ARCU 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Boston Public, Paris Commune
17 Apr 2018
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Green design 2 (focus" on new york city - manhattan speci cally grid like with plinths of green) Central park notice that the original commissioners plan did not include; central park, madison ave, New plats: middle class families isolating themselves within the city. Suburbanization: middle class families isolating themselves from the city. Common roots: separation of world from home, emulating the upper classes (ownership of detached houses on a plot of land) Ex: revolution in the streets of paris - 1871. Hobrecht plan for expansion of berlin: land was existing for expansion, typical fabric in charolletsenburg area of hobrecht for the expansion. Fabric designed to support multi unit housing similar to the area in which barcelona spain was designed. Berlin vs new york: city block size, particular housing sizes (apartment style verses the town house, new york continued to follow the elongated city block, berlin continued the barrack style grid (ex.
