Next meeting

Also, the next meeting will be on Tuesday Oct. 6th. Place undecided. In the meantime, let's read the articles that Dr. C sent in his last email and also try to come up with suggestions of articles that we would all like to read.
Second also: Dr. C mentioned that the group would be a helpful place for everyone to get feedback on their own research.
Like, you know, reading papers and um... dissertation chapters. Anyone up for reading my chapter on a what happens when radical feminism accommodates itself to neoliberalism told through Science Fiction chick lit? (I like to call it an annihilation cocktail -- kinda like a cosmo but with a bigger kick).

Susan

Harstock article

On my way home from the meeting I wondered if maybe in this article while trying to re-affirm the importance of feminism she ends up making it into a trope with which to talk about class?
Opinions?

--susan

Next Meeing

Hello Urbanistas!
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7pm at the Bangkok Cafe on
Speedway.

Rescapando New Orleans como modelo urbano para EE.UU.

Something breve y leve, de Andrea.

Here's a link to a semi-informative/reflective article in the NY Times about the faltering reconstruction project in New Orleans: Reflections: New Orleans and China. More than anything, I think the article forces us to reflect on how our city models have/do/will reflect our value systems as well as ideologies.

Next's Week's Meeing

We will be having our next meeting at the Trident bar on Speedway and Campbell (right next door to Buffalo Exchange) at 7pm next Tuesday. The reading is the final section of Megacities Lecture 4. Please bring readings you would like to put on the list for future weeks.
See you then!
-Lucy

Indigo Modern

Indigo Modern Townhomes are located about 1/2 block from my house, across the street from the Royal El Con apartment complex. They are pretty out of place for the neighborhood, especially considered that they are the only gated complex and that they sell for about $300,000 compared to the low-cost, run-down apartments across the street. It's urban living without all that uncomfortable exposure to the actual city.



Notice that the news report does not show any general shots of the surrounding area or mention how the developers had to strong-arm the neighborhood association to let them build those metal boxes and a huge parking lot. The style is called a 'housing cluster,' which means that parking is in the front and that there are no shared walls, but the units are very close together.

http://www.indigomodern.com/
Check out the real neighborhood by searching for 3625 E. 3rd St., Tucson, AZ and 3650 E. 3rd St., Tucson, AZ on googlemaps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
-Lucy

City Future: City Past (1948 or earlier, please!)

The City of Tucson is giving out cash for downtown businesses to restore their facades to pre-1948 style. The article doesn't explain exactly why the city wants to restore the buildings, but I think that's pretty obvious.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/breakingnews/96205.php

-Lucy