9 10 85 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/4323efa67ff23987711e41d7f94743c3.jpg 701c3843531d5b8ceaf593427950ea08 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/4f9ee9edb8bda72b6a254e8fa32b1e6e.jpg 021b9b6e77d446d58679d6315e9dab12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sketch 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Peter Bearse Description An account of the resource In these sketches, I compared the area of Newbury Street with the area of Copley Square and the Prudential Center, focusing on the usage of space and materials in each location and how those particular usages affected each environment differently. Walking through Newbury Street felt similar to walking through a residential, village-like neighborhood. More than anything else, the space achieved great uniformity throughout its layout; the buildings were all evenly spaced and made of red brick, and hardly would have been distinguishable as commercial shops without the modest signage on the structures. Natural elements such as trees and plants were smoothly transitioned throughout the pavement walkways, and casual outdoor dining areas were present along the walkways. I attempted to represent this leisurely, uniform design of Newbury Street with the symmetrical and uncongested style of my sketch. The shopping mall, however, resembled more of an opulent mansion than a casual, residential setting. Upon entering, the smooth marble composition of the architecture and the presence of flowing water, brush, and other natural elements immediately set a rich and vibrant tone. The space contained seemingly endless twists and turns, with each pathway bombarded by glamorous, attention-grabbing advertisements for various shops and restaurants. The space also created a peculiar combination of flashy interior design and natural, earthy landscape – Copley Place had a large waterfall on its third floor, and the Prudential Center had a small park in its midst. I attempted to represent the busy and multifaceted design of the malls with the colorful, packed, and distracting style of my sketch. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/bf0b336ec0774ab89010a07772523b79.pdf 7001d4c5e91cdde49693240a8516f3ee https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/853a0446775cb3df0714847a055a4605.pdf 0993b6f260e5bd03507162f34e41ade8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sketch 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ignacio Bayardo Description An account of the resource One of the most interesting aspects that I observed when I visited Copley place, prudential center and Newbury Street is the spectrum of the buildings interaction with the outside world. Newbury Street was the center with the most interaction with the urban environment. The street seems to have been repurposed from living spaces to commercial ones giving the street a very “Boston” feeling. I felt like I was walking through a residential. Newbury also had the most social space between the above listed locations. Since there were more places to sit, the traffic and the movement of people was much slower compared to prudential and Copley. Prudential on the other hand, had some interaction with the outside world but not with Boston but with nature. This commercial center had glass ceilings and walls allowing more sun to come through. But the scenery from the glass walls was not the hustle and bustle of Boston but a serene garden enclosed by the prudential center. People in this center seem to have more of a purpose when walking through the building so the traffic was more intense and faster paced compared to Newbury street but there were less sitting spaces compared to Newbury but more compared to Copley so people tending to rest and maybe people watch or hand out within their groups but they did not stay as long as the people in Newbury. Copley was like a concrete cave cut off from the rest of the world. There wasn’t much natural light coming in and almost no usable sitting spaces between the stores. So the traffic was more directed and people tended not to linger in Copley for long after completing their tasks. These three locations have distinct way of portraying commercial grounds from a mains street commercial center you see in older towns that are more social space than a commercial space, to the concrete malls designed to fulfill one purpose and nothing else and the in-between which tries to balance social space and commercial space like prudential https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/4f7b41fc6563b7a7b042d43d4588a5e7.jpg cd5c13aa8ae938dbe5022841eea2d756 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/dd9cd4a8bc46733e03632e58809a802b.jpg 293a1fa6dbf61cebc1449166ab09c910 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sketch 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Melissa Balding Description An account of the resource My first sketch shows me traveling through the Boylston Arcade. I worked backwards from the direct instructions as I was coming from the Newbury Street direction. I entered in the Boylston Street entrance and moved towards the Center Court and then out the Huntington Arcade. As I moved through the mall, I quickly lost energy. The life was especially sucked out of me when the doors to the South Gardens were locked and I was trapped inside. I regained a sense of energy at the promise of frolicking about outside down Huntington Street. The red indicates things screaming for my attention. The green represents my attention being diverted in every which way, taking away my energy, or part of my soul. The way different parts of the mall compete for visitors’ attention seems exhausting to me and the way store fronts come out into the central walkways feels invasive and trapping. I think the clear glass ceiling was supposed to alleviate this in a way, but I felt like it was a tease more than anything. This vibe feels very different than Newbury Street where the stores are further off the sidewalk. Even the stores that do have pop out upper levels gave me more of a sense of an optional invitation for their clear commercial functions. I think the stairs play a key role in this ability to distance walking in the general space and giving attention to the commercial spaces. I felt like there were more people using Newbury Street as a calm hangout and space to be social, but I think this may just be because, if it wasn’t already clear, I have a outstanding disliking for malls, and a strong preference for whatever feels like open space. My drawing of Newbury Street comes from the perspective of someone sitting at Sonsie, a restaurant with a, open front with chairs arranged to all face outwards to Newbury Street, as if the street was a stage. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/3014a99d63be90a1eb4cff33bb85c0fa.pdf 6b7dde2b372102ce46a060fac8e45d4e https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/cec379b508c15020c7c5529a5cfadce8.pdf 8b88072f8cc8fbd22df15e660561979b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sketch 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Helen Bae Description An account of the resource Copley Place and Prudential Center are different in many ways, both commercially – Copley is more upscale on average – and aesthetically. Even within Prudential, there were differences: Boylston Arcade was predominantly white in appearance due to the white walls whereas Back Bay Arcade was generally darker and incorporated dark red bricks in the walls; I wondered if Boylston Arcade was intentionally “brighter” because of Microsoft and Tesla, which took up considerable real estate and traditionally have storefronts that are white. Interesting to note was the slanted ceiling of Back Bay Arcade – it was almost as if it served to guide the patron around the corner. For perhaps logistical reasons, both the main entrances/exits of Copley and Prudential involve riding an escalator to reach the shops, which is a different experience than simply walking onto Newbury. Furthermore, security does not actively guard entrances but they patrol the mall and presumably remove those who are disturbing others. In Prudential, there are benches but no other real sitting spaces, especially as the food court has been closed due to renovations. Interestingly, I noticed that people on the walkways and benches frequently looked at each other, though fellow walkers did not tend to notice each other. Newbury, on the other hand, is clearly a commercial space (elements such as hanging store signs, large glass windows, and mannequin displays are present), though there’s almost a residential vibe to the area, partly because a more inconspicuous part of it (i.e. higher floors, unmarked buildings) is actually residential. Situationally, Newbury is the divider between residential and commercial: one block over consists almost entirely of apartments (Gloucester St., etc.), but the opposite block over is commercial, including restaurants, businesses, and Prudential; it’s important to note that Newbury itself continues on until it ends at the edge of Boston Common. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/b4b644fc5dbafdf1f575bd0979ea210c.pdf 2a98df323e0637cc5ac912aa7c10af38 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/f13e2cc4410f665cdb77a824e3e414ab.pdf 8ebcc8d513dcf4e603a6f7cb9d5d2713 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sketch 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sarah Anderson Description An account of the resource Standing in the glass walkway between Copley Place and the Prudential Center, I felt like I was encased in a cage of commercialism. Cases containing sample products line the path, signs point to endless, nearly indistinguishable shopping options, and the windows look out onto even more lines of stores and restaurants. The connections between malls are likely meant to encourage shoppers to continue on their commercial journeys. There are few to no design elements that serve a purpose unrelated to shopping and commerce; all paths lead to shops, benches are meant for tired shoppers rather than socialization, and advertisements serve to promote the malls’ tenants. Furthermore, other areas of Boston were not very visible from the walkway, only reinforcing the feeling of being encased in commerce. Newbury Street is designed in contrast. Although it similarly is populated by commercial outlets and is meant to encourage shoppers to enter stores, it has a clearer sense of place within Boston. Office towers are visible in the background, while the architecture represents the aesthetic of old Boston. Most buildings on Newbury Street have three “levels.” Residential apartments are at the top, stores are in the middle, and restaurants populate the basements. There are also more benches to accommodate socialization, and the atmosphere is one of relaxation and recreation rather than intense shopping. In summary, despite serving similar purposes, the Prudential Center/Copley Place and Newbury Street differ drastically in their structural elements and atmospheres.