Jacobs vs. Fishman

As I read Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities", there were many thoughts that came to mind about how did she go about picking a city to use for heranalysis. There are some portions that I agree with such as automobiles are detrimental to cities but is neccessary to getting around. Jacobs states that city planners were unable to incorporate automobile into their plan because they are too busy thinking about the appearance rather than the content or quality of the city. However, there are various factors that can alter her ideas and reason for such place as North End to go from a slum to a prosperious city.
In contrast, Robert Fisher critiques Jane Jacobs for her weak anaylsis and lack of mentioning the "great black migration". He states that the other 1960s theorist had not realized that due to migration that their ideas would not work. The great black migration caused the whites to expand out into the suburbs because of the "restrictive covenant", there was a segregation of the two. At this point, the blacks are in the city and the whites are in the suburbs. It was asked in class what was the point of putting up a fence? Many said that it was for privacy and/or protection. According to Jane Jacobs, fences are to isolate people to allow deviance. The anomie strain theory comes to mind when I think about deviance and the reason for deviance. Society pressures one to succeed but does not provide the opportunity. The lack of opportunity cause deviance.
Here is a link talking more about the great black migration
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=443

Moving Business!

There was a discussion in class about why are areas such as Paterson, Camden, and Newark have several factories that are abandoned. Just recently, an old abandoned factory in Newark was recently torn down. I asked several people about what type of factory it was and how long has it been closed. There was the production of electric switchboards, lamps, and other electric devices in the Westinghouse Factory. What happened to cause such factories like the Westinghouse in Newark to close? The building was sold with little to no expectations to rehabilitate it and later abandoned.

Here is a link to the Daily Newarker where there is more information on the formal building known as the Westinghouse Factory.

http://dailynewarker.com/westinghouse-exhibition-requesting-submissions/
Outsourcing can be defined as migration of a company out of a particular area to another whereas that owner can pay another company for a specific function. The link below goes into a little more depth about outsourcing.
http://www.sourcingmag.com/content/what_is_outsourcing.asp
There is a link to an article written by a teacher that was asked questions about the abandoned factories in their school's neighborhood and how he was unable to answer them. The author goes on to find out the answers to the students' questions and writes a article about his findings. His purpose was to educate his students about the history of the city and the reason why the factories are abandoned. The city is Philadelphia and he goes on to give information about Philadelphia and it being an industrial powerhouse.
“Why Are There Abandoned Factories in My Neighborhood?”
http://www.tip.sas.upenn.edu/curriculum/units/2007/01/07.01.07.pdf

Cities Density

In the Engels reading he comments on the capact environment in London. Due to the dense population and the lifestyle on the individuals in London there were various diseases and illness that manifested and made everyone life unsanitary. In today society, the cities are seen as unsanitary because every litter and drop everything. pollution has a lot to do with uncleaniness of cities and everyone lack of care for everything and everyone. Disassociation!

Here is a link to a document of population density in the 100 largest urban cities in the United States
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/twps0027.html#urban/

The article explains in detail the growth of urban places into urban cities and the tools that makes up an urban city. The information on this website gives one incite on the statistical figures in regards to the society we live in. We all can say that our society is changing but we do not know the extent until we look at the numbers in how the cities have expanded and how diverse they have become.

UrbanSociology

A city is a place of where individuals are angry, hostile, and restless. That is the perspective of individuals from rural areas. I disagree! I am a person that was born and raised in a city and loves nothing but the city. Cities are places where there are individuals that may present themselves as a little indifferent.


Here is ;ink to an article that talks about the growth of cities
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9403E2DC1E3AE733A25754C0A9669D94689ED7CF