City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities: New Orleans

Readings

TOPICS	READINGS
New Orleans history	Lewis, Peirce F. New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape. Center for American Places, 2003, pp. 1-36, 50-53, 65-70, 95-100, 124-129, 132-137, 143-147, and 154-171, Figures, 1-8, 11-12, 15a-16, 19-20, 45-46, 57-58, and 63. ISBN: 9781930066106. Campanella, Richard. “An Ethnic Geography of New Orleans.” Journal of American History 94 (December 2000): 714-715. Logsdon, Joseph and Caryn Cossé Bell. Chaper 5 and 6.  In Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization. Edited by Arnold R. Hirsch and Joseph Logsdon. Louisiana State University Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780807117743.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita	“Louisiana Storm Protection: Past, Present and Future.” Living on Earth (June 2, 2006). Mohr, Clarence L. and Lawrence N. Powell. “Through the Eye of Katrina: The Past as Prologue? An Introduction.” Journal of American History 94 (December 2007): 693-694. C&C Technologies Survey Services. “Levee Failure Map.”
Debate after the storm	Ouroussoff, Nicolai. “History vs. Homogeneity in New Orleans Housing Fight.” The New York Times, February 22, 2007. Glaeser, Edward L. “Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans, Or Just Give Residents Checks?”  The Economists’ Voice 2, no. 4 (2005). (PDF)
Mardi Gras	Mitchell, Reid. “Carnival and Katrina.” Journal of American History 94 (December 2007): 789-794. “Mardi Gras as History.” PBS.com.
New Orleans today	Wong, Elaine. “Rewinding to the Past: New Orleans Architecture.” (PDF) “A Strategy for Rebuilding New Orleans, Louisiana.” Urban Land Institute. November 12-18, 2005. Times-Picayune Interactive Flash Flood Animation. The Lens-an online investigative journal Greater New Orleans Community Data Center City of New Orleans New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative New Orleans Redevelopment Authority Richard Campanella’s website
Background reading for projects	Zoning Project Mowbray, Rebecca. “Controversy Over New Romney Pilates Studio on Magazine Street May Lead to Reforms in City Planning, Permitting.” NOLA.com. January 25, 2011.  Blight Project New Orleans Master Plan and Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance “Drifters Find Homes in Ruins Left by Hurricane Katrina.” NOLA.com. February 13, 2011.  Neighborhood Partnership Network McKnight, John L. and John P. Kretzmann. “Mapping Community Capacity.” The Asset-Based Community Development Institute. Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. 1996. (PDF) Transit Oriented Development Proakis, George John. “Strategies for Design: Shaping Private Development Adjacent to Transit Stations.” Submitted to the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. MIT. June 2002.
Creating successful visuals	Basics of graphic design Zusy, Cathie. “Community Engagement with History: If This House Could Talk…;” History News, Summer 2010. Street Vendor Guide
Writing successful memos	Memo writing guidelines (PDF)
Being a successful public speaker	Presentation on oral presentations (PDF) Barack Obama’s remarks to the Democratic National Convention. July 2004. Bono’s Class Day Address, Harvard University. June 6th, 2001.
Tools for being a successful planner	Nelson, Maria, Renia Ehrenfeucht, and S. Laska. “Planning, Plans, and People: Professional Expertise, Local Knowledge, and Governmental Action in Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.” Cityscape 9 no. 3 (2007). Lynch, Kevin. “A Walk Around the Block.” In City Sense and City Design: Writing and Projects of Kevin Lynch. MIT Press, 1995. pp. 185-204. ISBN: 9780262620956.