WRITING assignments

1. Make a 360 degree map of one block.
—> Our block and examples of other lovely mapping projects.
2. Make a sound map of one city blocks.
—> Write comparative analysis of the two blocks.

3.  Design a venue that serves food and fashion.
——> The assignment is to write a formal business and concept proposal for a food venue that is embedded in NYC’s Garment District infrastructure. Develop a tight pitch for your concept - this includes a name, location, menu, decor and an argument for why this is a NYC-specific establishment.

4.  Design a city based on a frozen yogurt chain.

5.  Design a fashion line for the High Line.

6.  Write a manifesto for the future of the City of New York.

7.  Design a new world order based on the World Cup.
——> You are an urban planner for a global city that exists beyond the boundaries of geography and time.  Without borders.  Without time zones.  Write a 4-5 page descriptive portrait of the World Cup as the model for a Global City.

8.  Get ready to throw a party.
——> Pick two objects and a letter and write about what defines a city

9.  Throw a fragmented block party.

WRITING assignments

1. Make a 360 degree map of one block.
—> Our block and examples of other lovely mapping projects.
2. Make a sound map of one city blocks.
—> Write comparative analysis of the two blocks.

3.  Design a venue that serves food and fashion.
——> The assignment is to write a formal business and concept proposal for a food venue that is embedded in NYC’s Garment District infrastructure. Develop a tight pitch for your concept - this includes a name, location, menu, decor and an argument for why this is a NYC-specific establishment.

4.  Design a city based on a frozen yogurt chain.

5.  Design a fashion line for the High Line.

6.  Write a manifesto for the future of the City of New York.

7.  Design a new world order based on the World Cup.
——> You are an urban planner for a global city that exists beyond the boundaries of geography and time.  Without borders.  Without time zones.  Write a 4-5 page descriptive portrait of the World Cup as the model for a Global City.

8.  Get ready to throw a party.
——> Pick two objects and a letter and write about what defines a city

9.  Throw a fragmented block party.

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CRW1 will activate NYC as an urban laboratory for reading, writing and intervening in the ways that clothing, food and music are produced, distributed and represented throughout the City. The course will culminate in a collaboratively produced book and block party that will share student work and test out new ways of reading, writing and representing economic, cultural, and aesthetic flows and systems of New York City.

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