Springfield Studio
As taught in: Fall 2005
Small businesses like this fruit stand are concentrated on the Main Street corridor. (Image courtesy of Bill Massaquoi.)
Instructors:
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
Prof. Karl Seidman
MIT Course Number:
11.945
Level:
Graduate
Course Features
Course Description
The Springfield Studio is a practicum course that focuses on the economic, programmatic and social renewal of an urban community in Springfield, Massachusetts by combining classroom work with an applied class project. The course content covers the areas of neighborhood economic development and the related analysis and planning tools used to understand and assess urban conditions from an economic and community development perspective.
