Public Spaces

Portlandia Outdoor Movie
http://www.hulu.com/watch/219896/portlandia-outdoor-movie

Music: Jimi Hendrix


Be sure to watch The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (click to watch on Vimeo).

Urban Ecology

Music: Ryan Adams

Assignment 5 – 16 Blocks Video (15 pts)
Assigned: March 22, 2012
Due: April 26, 2012 (by 5:00pm)

Create a one minute video that is your perspective of the “16 Blocks”.  You can work with a partner and like Assignment 4, you are encouraged to be (very) creative.   Post the file to: youtube.com with the file name as firstname+lastname.avi (or other video type). The account name is public.issues1024@gmail.com and the password is uap1024sp12.

Urban Form

“A border--the perimeter of a single massive or stretched-out use of territory--forms the edge of an area of 'ordinary' city. Often borders are thought of as passive objects, or matter-of-factly just as edges. However, a border exerts an active influence.”
― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities 







Music: Etta James

Right to the City

Music: Meshell Ndegeocello


Revolution
As we watch the children play,
Remember, it was me and you,
So far away,
The things we got out to do.
The fond fear of danger,
That's what sets us apart,
Couldn't wait for the real world
To test the strength of the lion's heart.
Cats like me and you,
Have got laws,
That they adhere to.
Laws outside the laws,
As laid down
By those we don't subscribe to.
The world is getting stranger.
But we'll never lose heart.
We can't just wait for the old guard to die,
Before we can make a new start.
Bring on the revolution,
Keep the pressure on.
I want to die for something.
Bring on the revolution,
I want to die for something, want to die for something.
Bring on the revolution,
I want to die for something. (nothing)
Bring on the revolution,
Don't wanna die for nothing. (something, something)
For every freedom fighter,
I want to hold on tighter.
To the hope and will you gave
You were the brave, you were the brave.
And one day, when I hear your children sing,
Freedom will ring, Freedom.
When we watch the children play,
Remember how the privileged classes grew.
And from this day, we set out
To undo what won't undo.
Looking for the grand in the minute.
Every breath justifies
Every step that we take to remove what the powers that be can't prove
And the children will understand why.
Bring on the revolution,
Keep the pressure on,
I want to die for something.
Bring on the revolution,
I want to die for something.
Bring on the revolution,
Don't want to die for nothing.
Bring on the revolution,
I want to die for something.


- Chrissie Hynde

Urban Inequality

Just to clarify - larger Gini Index = great inequality.

Music: Wilco

Urbanism

Dutch artists Haas&Hahn (Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn) are the duo behind many of these stunning projects and, for those of you in New York, you have the chance to check out their exhibition at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. The exhibition will showcase paintings, documentary footage, pictures, sketches and plans of past, present and future projects.













Music: Street Sweeper Social Club