SOCA02H3 Lecture : Week 10 Lecture
Document Summary
The city of collective memory" (christine boyer) Idea is that space is not neutral the physical space in the city takes on symbolic meaning. The study of boston and this is carried out in late 1940s and written up most memorably in. 1945, the book by walter firey, land use in central boston. 1947, this was still era in which it was believed that the shape of the city was determined largely by economic factors. Orthodox ecology coming from chicago school, centralization, segregation, succession. Suggests land use in the city was largely shaped by series of economic, sub-social factors. If particular land use changed because of nature, it was result of larger forces in society. Commons, having significant roads pass through it to save space downtown living there middle of manhattan, real estate in manhattan is probably most expensive in north. 300-400 years and are important: beacon hill.
