14 10 221 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/e049ac1618ec67cc7f6242c718e45a63.JPG 48c5f9b9f6678ff1ca9554fc7e73af5a https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/97a5619dc07aabf6cac8b5375cfd7088.JPG 69f5d2976f393ed977ac4e0adac21f5a 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 Maeve Hoffstot Description An account of the resource For this sketch, I tried to switch up my approach from my last sketch. Instead of doing a view from above, I picked a view from one particular spot and tried to incorporate a more abstract idea of space. I tried to focus on perspective and angle. I thought drawing the small part of the mall was actually a lot easier than the part of Newbury Street. There was more happening on the street and it was harder to focus on the specific aspects on the street because we were outside. I also couldn’t stand in the spot I centered my drawing on because it was right in the middle of an intersection, so I had to do my observing from both sides of the street and then pull it together on paper when I began to draw. At the Prudential Center Mall, it was easier to stop and draw and so it was easier to notice small details, but the drawing of the perspective and all the lines I tried to incorporate definitely stretched my artistic ability. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/919b0cd99ddec936a592ba5ce12a4d0f.JPG 0e1aaa444625ba8d7d0d8e16624c3a74 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 1 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 Maria McLaughlin Description An account of the resource My map of Harvard took up a lot more paper than I thought it would. When I was brainstorming the individual parts on a notebook, I tended to be very detailed with the shapes of the buildings, and I made them particularly large. This meant that I was struggling to fit all of the pieces together into the giant map, without accidentally drawing buildings too large or confusing the proportions. My proportions and levels of detail are directly related to the importance they held in my mind and my knowledge of them. The River houses are therefore very detailed and my housing, Dewolfe, is pictured as the largest of all of them, although it is the smallest. The Yard takes up the large center portion of my map because I see it as the middle of campus and the hub of Harvard. Likewise, because most of my classes take place in the Science Center, that building was significantly larger and more prominent than Sever or the Fogg or even Widener. I found this exercise to be rewarding because I am noticing more of the campus on my daily walks through it. I now have a greater appreciation for the buildings, streets, and park benches that I had excluded from my map and from my memory. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/e3c3eec5246537564a8df37d24bbc0da.JPG 4d5aa93db65cab1ed29c3d46fe25b630 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/7b2eba6084f18b47806cc5df1f712f06.JPG a7a4d8d4a6708a1ede556fe7b952d859 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 Maria McLaughlin Description An account of the resource Copley Place and the Prudential Center make use of a lot of natural light let in by atrium- style ceilings and large windows. The white-accented walls reflect the natural light in a way that makes the entire mall seem bright, clean, and airy. The constant upward and downward and across mobility that the space necessitates makes the layout more organic and less monotonous. This can improve the shopping experience because it keeps the shopper walking around farther than they would have. I went during lunchtime on a weekday, so I noticed a lot of businesspeople using it as a lunch spot on their breaks. I also noticed a few younger women who looked like they were shopping on their lunch breaks, an elderly couple shopping, and a few tourists. In Bridge Court, I was asked for money from a homeless person sitting on a bench there, which leads me to believe that anyone is allowed to enter and exit. The doors are almost always revolving though, and there are a lot of escalators involved, so I would assume that it’s not the most handicap accessible place. There are many benches. Newbury Street is clearly commercial on the first and second levels of the townhouse- like buildings because of the shop windows and subtle signs. The place is different because it resembles a neighborhood, complete with front yards. The other purposes for Newbury St. are learning facilities and some residences, although they are very high-priced. Newbury St. is situated so that you cannot see Hynes and the Pru from it, but so that you are close enough to walk there easily from the corresponding T stops https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/40e27593196c74897e39e79697883a57.pdf 840d8b5b3263b9ba7b648ad1192ed08c 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 1 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 Mark Kelsey Description An account of the resource Sketching a map of Harvard Square from memory was an interesting exercise. Overall, I was rather surprised by how accurate my map came to be. I started my sketch using the major roads as a framework, and I think that turned out to be very helpful. Major thoroughfares such as Mass Ave, Garden St, JFK St, Oxford St, and Memorial Drive provided the backbone for my sketch, and did a pretty good job of keeping things in scale. I think my knowledge of the roadways of the city is partially due to a lot of time spent driving in Cambridge – I had a car in the city for one semester, and continue to use zipcars quite regularly for different extra curricular activities. The river also helped anchor the sketch, and a lot of time spent rowing on the Charles has made me familiar with its bends and curves. There are some glaring absences from the map, though, which also provide interesting insights. Parts west of JFK St are largely forgotten. This surprised me, because I do spend quite a bit of time in the Brattle Square area, but I rarely drive through there, and so I forgot the relationship of the streets. And without the streets, I had a tough time visualizing everything else. I also struggled to visualize the area to the east of Lamont Library and the old yard. I left a bunch of space between Quincy Street and the yard, which I don’t think really exists. And I had no idea what exists between Prescott and Barker Streets, other than the Barker Center. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/d49e6fdb042e889958b9402023513372.jpg 1c313bcdfeaea90915dcfd380f7b9631 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/a71fd46845bb245d3b726929d9d70604.jpg 5cff4e21257c0a23e10d071a9260a6dd 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 Mark Kelsey Description An account of the resource This assignment forced me to think critically about the decisions I was making. Unlike our first assignment, where we were tasked with simply sketching a space from memory, this assignment required considerable observation and attention to detail. Moreover, the purpose of this second assignment was to use the two sketches to tell a story or emphasize the contrasts between Copley Place and Newbury Street. After spending time in both locations, I decided that the best way to articulate these differences was by illustrating their vastly different patterns of use. For the purpose of this assignment, I mapped pedestrian density onto a basic floorplan of the two locations. Areas shaded red had high density of pedestrians, while yellow had medium density and green areas were virtually devoid of pedestrians. Copley Place and the Prudential Center are shopping malls of the traditional style. Brimming with boutiques, luxury retail outlets, and restaurants, they are multi-story, and meander in many directions. However, they have few entrances or exits, and the majority of foot traffic appears to come from adjoining office towers. This creates a handful of very densely trafficked choke points, the most noteworthy being the footbridge between malls. Newbury Street, on the other hand, is a very porous environment, with pedestrians entering from side streets, walking the length of the street, or entering from inside its many brownstone buildings. High densities were still observed, mostly clustered around intersections and at popular outdoor cafes and terraces. But pedestrian traffic was overall more dispersed and fluid. I should note (and I meant to include this with my diagrams) that the pedestrian traffic is mapped as I observed at 12pm on Friday, February 26. Visiting these shopping centers at a different time, or perhaps over the weekend, would surely yield different insights. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/d77cacf0cf823f8451b4f8a11c75ebd1.jpg ef2c9d450da7039404b42416b5aae5ba 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 1 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 Mary Kate Cruise Description An account of the resource After taking a look at Harvard Square on Google Maps, I think I put together a pretty solid rendering of Harvard Square via memory. The most similar parts are the athletic complex, the river, and the main thoroughfares. I spent a lot of my time at Harvard as a Varsity athlete across the river, so I am very familiar with the lay out over there. Also, I periodically have a car on campus, which I park at the Harvard Business School, so that helped with me that section. I also grew up south of Boston, so I am quite familiar with the main thoroughfare roads, which are a strength of my drawing (JFK St, North Harvard St, Mass Ave, Memorial Drive, Storrow Drive). I’ve been down the river by boat many times and come from a nautical/boating background, so I was confident in drawing the rough shape of the Charles River. The parts that I struggled with were north of the Science Center, west of the yard, and west of JFK Street. I do not venture over to those parts very often, which is reflected in the lack of detail in my sketch. I look forward to better developing my sketching skills as we progress further in the USW 29 class. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/7028464d1f9880ea82814698ecb062d5.JPG 88b2b4c79b9715a7394d35ec6f2eb29b https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/e1cbb4a02a5d82ae95d437162cc412c2.JPG 6223d6199116160cc73bcd40bd9d0137 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 Mary Kate Cruise Description An account of the resource I began my observatory journey at the Galleries at Copley place at Dartmouth and Stuart Streets with my eyes and ears open. I noticed the stores within Copley Plan to be very high end and accordingly protected with security guards watching for shoplifters and photographers. The tile floor was laid out in a way that kept foot traffic moving just as a two way road. The old fashion, yet elegant marble floors on other parts of the walkways aligned with the upscale stores. There was a noticeable lack of natural light in this space - maybe something they are addressing in the current construction. As I moved on through the footbridge to the Presidential Center Mall- I felt a different energy. For one, I became very warm due to the inflow of natural sunlight. I did my best to portray these open ceilings and facades in my drawing. I found Prudential Center to be much busier with professionals on their lunch/coffee breaks, tourists, moms with toddlers. There were less security guards and more inviting storefronts and employees promoting samples. Exits to streets are very well marked on signage. Many benches and the large foodcourt provide great seating and meeting places. I walked through during the lunch hour and the place was bustling. The Newbury Street commercial area between Gloucester and Dartmouth had a different feel and look for a few obvious reasons. Newbury Street feels less like a mall and more like a neighborhood. However, signage, advertisements, window displays, etc. help to reveal that it is indeed a commercial space. While I am not positive, it seems as though there are many apartments above the store levels. Many stores have advertisements and mannequins in the windows and signs on the sidewalks to replicate the experience of a shopping mall. However, the signage is all very uniform and understated- probably due to city restrictions of type, height, size and brightness of signage to preserve the historic nature of the area. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/265b68931ac3fbdfee66218d2e67188e.pdf 32bfb18f2d8ee4a77f43a1cb29fa3679 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/af50f834959f388d1c133e32010487e3.pdf fb35da97f00961249aff0a55992c9e38 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/c03c72c5addf7775dfe768127b79af58.pdf 064e95369eed1c33b8fcf4bfac0bbc1f 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 1 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 Maxwell Lent Description An account of the resource In my sketch I realized the huge magnitude of the yard. The ins and outs that I normally walk through sorta paying attention. I remembered where things are that i usually never notice. The crowds of tourists and hungry patrons and where no one goes. The buildings whose shapes are just rectangles in my mind or abstract shapes. This assignment made me realize just how much of this campus I don't know. Some of my buildings just fade away into a cut off rectangle as i'm unsure of what's next. Or the missing spots, wrong angles, or totally off proportions. It made me realize the difference between day to day living and how a city can be so meticulously planned. One can live here all their life and not notice half the stuff until they take a step back and look at the city from a different perspective. While drawing this I made sure to focus on the green space. As it is the places I recognize the most, from walking across them to avoid crowds, to enjoying time there during the warmer seasons. They always stand out to me as places to attract people and help out the environment, visual and actual. 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/f893922bc444a8d776291c8446a37b40.pdf cac078c17048fed248c5e2c01e082df4 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 2017 - Sketch 1 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 Miles McCollum Description An account of the resource Overall, I think my sketch is representative of the urban area surrounding Harvard Square. It was a challenging task, but lots of things are successful about the drawing, and are similar to the actual layout. In my sketch, the roads including Memorial Drive, JFK Street, Mt. Auburn Street, and Massachusetts Avenue, are where they are supposed to be. I thought closely about these main roads while I was sketching. Next, I tried to be as specific as possible when drawing the shapes of the buildings. Because I worked in the building over the summer, I knew that the basic shape of the Smith Campus Center is the letter H. Other buildings whose shapes were correct included the MAC, Lowell House, and Quincy. I also spend a lot of time walking through this area to get to the MAC. Areas where my sketch was different from the actual layout included the buildings to the west of JFK Street. I knew some of the specific restaurants such as Chipotle, but I struggled to draw the other surroundings. I have not spent any time driving on those roads, and there are some difficult intersections. Next, I really struggled with the Quad and Law School in my sketch. In my four years here, I have been out to the Quad less than 10 times. Additionally, when I go there I ride the shuttle, and coincidentally don’t pay as much attention to my surroundings.