Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Hyde/Jackson Square & Roslindale Square, Boston

Calendar

Ses #	Topics	Key dates
1	Course Introduction: Main Street Sites and Issues Urban Neighborhood Decline: Causes, Consequences, Challenges
2	Urban Design and Development: Ways of Seeing
3	Physical and Economic Tools Preparation for Field Trip	Assignment 1 due
4	Field Trip to Client Main Street Districts
5	Revitalization Strategies I and II
6	Project Discussion and Planning	Review background reports Reflect on key issues, challenges and plan elements List tasks to complete phase one analysis
7	Economic Planning Tools II: Retail Market Analysis and Economic Planning Economic Planning Tools III: Asset and Capacity Assessment
8	Work Session: Existing Conditions Analysis	Summarize work status and findings to date Identify key tasks to complete analysis
9	Physical Design Tools II: Streetscape Physical Design Tools III: Image and Neighborhood Form
10	Work Session	Continue existing conditions analysis work
11	Work Session (cont.)	Complete existing conditions analysis and its implications Ideas for district revitalization agenda
12	Presentation of Student Work	Prepare summary presentation of existing conditions analysis
13	Work Session: Synthesis	Review feedback and reflect on revisions to presentation/agenda
14	Work Session: Discussion/Reflection on Work to Date	Finalize client presentation Reflection assignment
15	Policies and Interventions I: Safety and Sanitation	Existing conditions chapter due
16	Policies and Interventions II: Development Policies and Interventions III: Design and Zoning Guidelines
17	Policies and Interventions II: Business Development, Retention, and Attraction Policies and Interventions III: Marketing and Promotion
18	Work Session	Generate proposal ideas and options Identify planning tasks to develop and test proposals
19	Policies and Interventions VII: Organization and Capacity Building
20	Work Session (cont.)	Continue work on proposal development
21	Work Session: Plan Goals and Themes	Ideas for plan goals and themes
22	Presentation of Plan Frameworks	Prepare plan framework
23	Work Session: Synthesize Plan Elements	Work on plan elements
24	Work Session: Review Plan Elements	Work on plan elements
25	Draft Presentation of Plans	Prepare draft presentation of plan
26	Work Session: Finalize Plan and Presentation	Review feedback on draft plans, ideas for revisions
27	Last Day of Class : Reflections and Presentation of Revised Draft Plans	Continue work to finalize plan and client presentation
28	Final Plan Report Due	Three hard copies and PDF file to Instructor by 3 PM