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Business turnover is constant in every neighborhood in New York: bakeries replace Mexican restaurants; glasses stores replace butcher shops. In his essay, “City Limits,” Colson Whitehead wrote about this change as a natural condition of New York. But what...

A nascent after-school program spearheaded by Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, and African and African American Studies at Harvard University, Doris Sommer, and Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Fine Art at Vanderbilt...

Harvard College Course Instructor: Lizabeth Cohen “What Is Urban History?” is one section of the History Department tutorial required of all concentrators. It is usually taken in the spring of the sophomore year. Students can choose between different...

Harvard College/Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: 217616 Course Instructor(s): Sidney Chalhoub and Bruno Carvalho Course Description: In this seminar we will focus on novels about urban experience, paying particular attention to how they represent...

Harvard Graduate School of Design HIS 4115: Histories and Theories of Urban Interventions Course Instructor: Eve Blau Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the critical histories and theories of urban intervention and formation, and...

This grant funds the first phase of a long-term collaboration across the Law School and Graduate School of Design. The project’s goal is to open up robust and grounded debate about transition pathways toward alternate urban-regional configurations that...