2010 COLLEGE COURSES - Fascinating and Not For Credit, Joyce Gold Instructor
NEW
SCHOOL UNIVERSITY
Manhattan Island: From Its Early History to the Brooklyn Bridge
Summer 2010
Course
# NHIS0270, Section A
13 sessions,
includes 3 walking tours
Meets Tues. and Thurs., 6:00 pm - 7:50 pm, starting June 8
$595
Summer Registration is now open
What happened in the past to create New York City as we know it today? Ten illustrated lectures and three walking tours of Lower Manhattan, Chelsea, and Greenwich Village explore visual, anecdotal, and historical perspectives on the evolution of the island. Students learn where the Indians lived, who the famous scoundrels of the past were, and how events in Europe affected life in New York. We also learn when various parts of town were developed, how to date a building by its architectural details, and how our streets acquired the names and directions they have today. Non-credit.
To register call (212) 229-5690 or visit www.newschool.edu/generalstudies/
NEW
SCHOOL UNIVERSITY
Greenwich Village — River to Broadway
ID NHIS0273
13 sessions, including 3 walking tours
(not offered Summer 2010)
This course traces the history of the Village from the Hudson River to Broadway, and from 14th Street to Houston Street. It illuminates how it derived its unique character today from its distinct origins, settlements, and subsequent development. The course explores how the Village has been shaped by its geographical attributes, the people drawn to live and work there, the institutions that thrived there, its housing stock and architectural diversity, and the great city that grew up around it. It includes 3 walking tours and 10 illustrated lectures.
To register call (212) 229-5690 or visit www.newschool.edu/generalstudies/
NEW
SCHOOL UNIVERSITY
History of Twentieth-Century Manhattan:
The Power of the Past, The Promise
of the Future
Course # NHIS0272
13 sessions
(not offered Summer 2010)
In the 20th century, New York became an undisputed world center of commerce
and culture. Immigration, ethnic dive NEW — Greenwich Village — River to
Broadway Joyce Gold Beginning Spring 2010 This course traces the history
of the Village from the Hudson River to Broadway, and from 14th Street
to Houston Street. It illuminates how it derived its unique character today
from its distinct origins, settlements, and subsequent development. The
course explores how the Village has been shaped by its geographical attributes,
the people drawn to live and work there, the institutions that thrived
there, its housing stock and architectural diversity, and the great city
that grew up around it. It includes 3 walking tours and 10 illustrated
lectures.rsity, business interests, and the accumulation of wealth fused
into a wholly new urban experience. What Wall Street had been to finance,
Madison Avenue became to business promotion and advertising, heralding
the rise of a consumer-driven society. Ellis Island, the Ashcan School,
the Harlem Renaissance, skyscrapers, Prohibition, Rosie the Riveter, the
El, the Stonewall riot, the Winter Garden — all combined to make the city a unique mosaic. (non-credit.)
To register call (212) 229-5690 or visit www.newschool.edu/generalstudies/
NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY
Walking and Talking New York
ID# X09.9033
8 sessions, including 4 walking tours
(not offered Summer 2010)
Do you know how and why the Irish experience in New York City differed from
the Italian experience, why buildings took on a particular style, or what
a stream and statue had to do with the design of Greenwich Village? Learn
why African Americans settled in Harlem, and how New York got its magnificent
Central Park. These are among the topics discussed on four walking tours
and in four lively illustrated talks.
Joyce Gold, MA, NYU; is a Manhattan historian, teacher, and author of two NYC walking guides: From Windmills to the World Trade Center, Guide to Lower Manhattan History, and From Trout Stream to Bohemia: Guide to Greenwich Village History; radio, TV lecturer, tour guide.