1 10 343 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/816c0a706ae94b085dc3ab1cfbd709b6.png 23bff0a1694983fa1dcfbb05c323ab0b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource No Perfect Place Description An account of the resource This project is a set of poems about my most treasured places and memories in Boston. It explores how I understand Boston geographically and emotionally as a city and the powerful way that place can take on memory. I wrote about the Common, Quincy Market and the Harbor, Boylston, Concord, a fun poem about all the men's restrooms in Boston, and a retrospective about Harvard. The included picture I took at the Norman B. Leventhal Park with a girl I was on a date with. I had her take a picture in my picture to demonstrate how places take on different meanings for everyone. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Aaron Blumenthal https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/2b280e7c929a969e2c96705b92becf9f.png f0894d4f3d84df02fa3745736b2bf7ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Boys of Winter Description An account of the resource The Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics compete for the NHL and NBA championships every season, but they also compete for Boston’s attention in the winter. Because popularity of the team is often tied to that team’s success, I found that the Bruins were currently the more popular winter sports team, despite missing the playoffs this year, while the Celtics made the playoffs. I used interviews of fans, talked to restaurant workers at venues near the TD Garden, compared price, attendance, and retail sales data, and found online evidence to back up the claim that the Bruins are truly the most popular team in Boston during the winter. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Aidan Cleary https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/98754c76c272b3b848b30bfe6a655781.png 507e3c8585b4b8d432fb45d90ba22a2a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Place to Call Home: Policy Moving From Homelessness to Permanent Housing in Boston Description An account of the resource Though homeless shelters are a vital part of the livelihood, and survival, of many of Boston’s homeless, bouncing in and out of shelters is nowhere near a long-term solution to the problem of homelessness, or a stable lifestyle for homeless individuals. Additionally, the homeless shelter system is in itself flawed, as the vast majority of a shelter’s resources are taken up by the same repeated guests. For these reasons, and many others which I discuss in my paper, I advocate that long-term and permanent housing are the best solutions for homelessness in Boston, and I cite specific examples from the policy of Pine Street Inn, Boston’s most legendary shelter which now devotes much of its resource pool to housing, and Homes for Families, which advocates for financially stable and humane housing for Boston’s homeless families. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Annie Harvieux https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/b4ec4960f7fb3e33da817d0000616d8e.png 8bdcb57d6bebe3179bc5ea1ecb3f7a4b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Is Boston Still “Bound”? Description An account of the resource In 2007, Harvard Law School professors Gerald Frug and David Barron published a report entitled “Boston Bound”, comparing Boston’s legal structure to six other major United States cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle. The authors argue that Boston’s comparatively restrictive structure prohibits the City from generating significant revenue outside of property taxes and state aid. This paper examines the during- and post-Financial Crisis period to determine whether Boston confronts the same comparative challenges in revenue generation and remains less competitive. Boston’s reliance upon property taxes actually provided the City economic stability during the Financial Crisis. Yet, the City confronts the same legal restrictions as in “Boston Bound”. At the same time, Boston’s property supply restrictions and demand from high employment, especially in high-wage STEM fields, favor higher property prices. The economic fundamentals driving high property prices suggest that, should Boston loosen its restrictions on property tax revenue generation, it will be less “bound” in the future. However, with no foreseeable legal changes, Boston continues to seek taxable base expansion centered on new business development. Long term, the City might be well served by also focusing on the spending side of its budget to secure its financial future and competitiveness. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Annie Meyjes https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/7a066267b43b3176a0f95a51d23bca8a.png 32929cdd2b3a9f2424d2af4c24723f72 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reading Libraries: A Study of Boston through the Codman Square and Honan-Allston Library Branches Description An account of the resource This paper presents a study of the City of Boston through two of its library branches. Insofar as ordinary people comprise the constituency of libraries, the premise of my research is that studying libraries and how they are utilized is a way of understanding local communities. This is a particularly fitting approach for studying Boston, a city that prides itself on its academic reputation and its rich library history. Boston was the home of the first free municipal library in the country, and was subsequently the first library system to establish branches in local neighborhoods. Local libraries have evolved to serve the unique needs of their communities. Whereas the Codman Square Library in Dorchester serves a population that is struggling to overcome poverty and violence, the Honan-Allston Library serves a neighborhood with less material need but more concerns about upcoming development in the area. My personal observations and my interviews with librarians at both the Codman Square and Honan-Allston Libraries lend insight into both the disparity between and the vibrancy of two distinct neighborhoods in Boston. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Becky Gould https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/cebd2072cac625a0ec1c0505c4da782e.png 372c5593b609193329f7bd897ee1d232 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An Investigation of College Students in the Greater Boston Area: How Frequency of Interactions With the City Shape Students’ Social Lives Description An account of the resource Although college students make up 9.98% of the average United States metro area population, college students comprise over 40% of the Boston metro area population. With over 50 colleges and universities located in the greater Boston area, and since students account for such a sizeable percentage of the overall population and surrounding areas, college students in the Boston area find themselves in close proximity to myriad other college students--providing opportunities for varied social interaction both with the city itself and each other. I explore how college students in the Greater Boston Area interact with the city of Boston, how this differs by school, and how these findings shape students’ overall “view” of the city through interviewing four students (one from BU, BC, Harvard MIT) and providing structure for further research. Overall, Boston serves as a bridge for its college students’ social interactions; a centralized platform through which students across universities engage in activities ranging from a Harvard student meeting a friend from Boston College at Cafeteria for dinner, attending a Red Sox game on a Monday night, bar hopping with friends for a 21st birthday, visiting the Institute of Contemporary Art, and so much more. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Caitlin Begg https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/42e966827d6e27f088594ad6703a300f.png 71e9ce52d1a5049cc23fe3f7388caacf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource GROWING UP BRAHMIN: The Cultural and Social Experiences of Boston Brahmins Through the Perspectives of the Fictional George Apley and his Mortal Descendants Description An account of the resource This final project uses John Marquand’s novel The Late George Apley as a source of characterization of Brahmin life around the turn of the 20th century. I also explore the presentation of the modern Boston elite class in contemporary media, and determine the membership and interests of this group. In this analysis, I present not a continuous history of the Brahmins, but instead drop in during George Apley’s era and then again at the turn of the 21st century and the decade immediately following. Apley’s attitude and world is defined by insularity, exclusivity, and a unique sense of devotion to maintaining the city of Boston as its oldest families intended it. Intergenerational cooperation and understanding, a serious commitment to philanthropy, and the power of social and cultural capital in the institutions and circles of the elite characterize today’s modern class. While Marquand’s work seems to claim that the Brahmin is in decline in the 1930s and is conscious of its weakening status, Boston demographics and popular media in the most recent decades suggest that the elite class, while bearing a younger and more progressive face than that of Marquand’s world, is still firmly entrenched and even regaining influence in Boston society. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chelsea Mullen https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/61f594064d31888cac2a3f0b9539eb4e.jpg 3e9770b8039996a5b835214f4858d31d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Introducing “#OneBus”, A Socio-Artistic Intervention of MBTA Buses to Foster Positive Social Interactions and a Stronger Sense of Community in Boston Description An account of the resource The present project seeks to investigate how and to what extent public transportation, understood as a space of daily convergence of diverse individuals and communities, can be leveraged to promote social interaction and cohesion among diverse and segregated communities. Specifically, this project will propose a socio-artistic intervention called #OneBus Project—to be piloted on the #1 MBTA bus connecting Harvard Square (Cambridge) and Dudley Square (Roxbury)—that seeks to spur positive interactions and a shared sense of community among the diverse #1 bus passengers by harnessing the elements of surprise and social categorization. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Constanza Vidal https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/a4c3266c2bdf466ea67848d3fcfa3795.jpg 921a29b98f89666537d624b24ac283a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <p style="text-align:left;">MBTA: The Unfixable Behemoth</p> Description An account of the resource In my essay, I examine the MBTA and why it is broken both politically and infrastructure wise. I examine and analyze why the record snowfall of 2015 led to such a collapse in service for an extended period of time while discussing some of the challenges to getting it back on track. I also ask if this winter was a critical juncture for the MBTA and the state, and whether significant long-term change will come about due to the mangled mess that passed as customer service. Finally, I look at the long-term prospects of the MBTA including the possibility of Olympic-funded improvements and expansions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Damian Pietrus https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/6e4d194a6af5145650a6249f0fdff46e.png d414897978dead320c7d2ede4fd33ad5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings Description An account of the resource The idea for this project stemmed from that fact that I was very interested in the oral histories of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. I had a very personal connection to the bombings as I have been a life-long resident of Boston, and I came up with the idea to interview people that I knew from Boston about their experiences of that time and combine these interviews into some type of artifact to both commemorate the tragedy but also serve as an outlet for people to have their stories told and heard. In order to do this, I interviewed seven people, and put quotations taken from these interviews onto a physical representation of the 2013 finish line that I created on a large piece of paper. I imagine the finish line to be very interactive, where a viewer would start with it being scrolled up, and then gradually unravel it while reading each quotation as they appeared. I organized the quotations to create a timeline of sorts, as the left side starts with what people were physically doing at the time that they found out about the bombs, and then progressed through the common themes of fear, initial reactions, anger, and then how they were dealing with it now two years later. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Deirbhile Martin