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I was interested both in how this space in the mall complex seemed to function as a segue between the two malls and in how it delineated public vs. non-public spaces. In regards to the first point, I noticed that the two malls had very different…

The Copley Place and Prudential Center malls and Newbury Street display a stark contrast in the different modes one can organize a retail center or area. First, Newbury is very open, with stores in townhouse style buildings along the street. I think…

These two spaces are vastly different. I take much more enjoyment of shopping on Newbury St than in the Prudential or Copley place shops. On Newbury there are trees lining the brick sidewalks, and there is a level of homogenous architecture of the…

I chose to represent the two locations on a variety of scales and perspectives, both geospatially and thematically, rather than as one all-encompassing vision. I wanted to maximize the amount of information to include a breadth of visions while…

In Copley, the glass and brick create a distinct industrial or commercial atmosphere. The large glass panes that let you look inside the building. It helps that “Neiman Marcus” also boasts a giant sign indicating that the department store lies…

When thinking about the Prudential/Copley commercial center, the connecting hallways are the first features that come to mind. Although these paths do have stores off to their sides, they seem to be constructed, primarily, with the express purpose of…

The first thing that I noticed when I entered Copley Place was how expensive everything looked. From the tiling, to the gilded ceiling, and the expensive brand-name stores that I had always associated with affluence (Louis Vuitton, Jimmy Choo,…

I chose to look at the comparative pattern of kinds of stores (retail vs. service vs. food) versus the presence of public spaces in each kind of shopping district. On Newbury Street, the stores were much more equally divided between food and retail,…

Examining these two different commercial spaces was very interesting because it became evident how they were trying to imitate one another, but also how different they still were. To start, I went to the Prudential/Copley Malls, and I noticed that…

I'll admit that I thought what I was going to learn from this assignment was that street-level commerce produces a convivial, integrated atmosphere whereas enclosed galleries make for predictable, contrived shopping—an opposition implying that wholly…