Charleston South Carolina Case Study Review Charleston, South Carolina has a rich history, Charleston never fell victim to the devastation-development disorder that plagued the rest of America after World War II. Charleston was relatively poor and not on the road to some other purpose, and was shielded by many of the effects of urban renewal. Charleston is called a classic American city that Mayor Joseph “Joe” Riley has served Charleston for over a third of a century. It takes effort on a daily bases to make good choices, good strategies to make good places, administrative leadership cleverness, imaginations, and determination to turn complex area’s into great places that can support people’s health (Jackson, 2012). Mayor Riley over the …show more content…
Changes come with leadership and the ability to leverage priorities and resources to get the government’s direct influence. The mayor had to look at both commercial and residential possibilities of the community. When making decisions about industry and the economy this is important. Knowledge base business, need innovation technology, different size spaces and manageable cost. Need to be creative in the environment but also efficient. Business have to have creative young people these people will be the tool for future growth, and the will want to live in a lively place (Jackson, 2012). Mayor Riley won the two battles in preserving downtown Charleston, with design and density. Only building with five or six stories, because they define public spaces and there is no need for expanses parking. Having city codes when it comes to restoration “Infill” is critically important in cities across the country. Infill needs to fit into the neighborhood’s DNA, the building have to have shape, use the correct materials, and reveal Charleston’s rhythm, and culture as well. The landscaping and color should blend will with the area (Jackson,
After reading the case study Welcome to the new town manager, by Mary Jane Kuffner Hirt, I established three major problems the community of Opportunity needed to correct. These problems involved the water & sewer system, the balancing budget, & the pay-as-you-go method. The city manager, Jennifer Holbrook, must implement strategies that would correct these problems quickly.
The Crossroads development has dominated the local conversation in Mahwah for the past 9 months. Over the past few years, the Crossroads Developers had put forth various proposals for development of the site, only to have them rejected by the Mahwah Township Council. This past March, the Developer once again came to the Council in order to ask that their property be rezoned from office use to mixed-use/retail to allow for the construction of a complex of retail stores, restaurants, a movie theater, hotel and office space. Over 400 residents attended the March 31 meeting to express their opposition to the development. This unprecedented turnout by Mahwah residents, unlike any the Council had seen before, should have been enough for the Council to realize that a decision to rezone the property may not be in the best interests of Mahwah residents. Instead, the Council voted 4-2 to allow for the property to be rezoned.
The beneficial aspects of South Carolina outweigh the detrimental aspects. South Carolina is a powerful asset. The economy is strong and provides a priceless resource of indigo and rice. Our woolen industry would not be able to cope without the dye from the indigo. The colony produces an abundance of rice. The colony is also strategically located, to stop the Spanish from expanding north. Although there is a political predicament, it is not beyond thy Majesty to resolve it. By and large, the colony is a worthy investment and should receive immediate financial backing accompanied by British officials to reinforce the policies and taxes of thy Divine Grace.
President Abraham Lincoln envisioned a conservative plan for the reconstruction of the south. Under Lincoln’s plan, as soon as ten percent of the voters in a southern state whom have voted in 1860 and had taken an oath of loyalty to the United States, they could then elect constitutional conventions. These conventions, upon adopting new state constitutions and abolishing slavery they would then be readmitted to the union. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln would change polices towards reconstruction of the south.
“The battle of Charleston begun on April 2, 1780. The British soldiers are heading toward Charleston. ”(Americans Suffer Worst Defeat of Revolution at Charleston). Defended by Major General Benjamin Lincoln and others, the colonists of Charleston who are not defending against the British go into hiding. Earlier, Lincoln asked for a honorable surrender“On May 8th, General Clinton called for the unconditional surrender. Lincoln yet again asked for an honorable surrender”(Siege of Charleston).
The North Carolina was founded in 1653 by the virginia colonist. The North Carolina colony was classified as a southern colony. Carolina is derived from the latin name Carolus. During the 1600s they realized its not possible for one governor and one assembly to run Carolina. The major settlements in North Carolina were Cape Fear, Charles Town, and Albemarle. The geographics of the North Carolina area are coastal plains, plateau, and mountain ranges. The climate in the North Carolina colony was not hard to survive until the summer came because the hot humid air in the summer made a rise in disease it was mostly warm all year round besides the winter but then it still isn't hard to survive because it wasn't too cold like it is in alaska or someplace
Who do you think was the one to end reconstruction. The south because they did not want blacks to have the same right as black people. Or the north for pushing for many rights for the African Americans? Who was the one to end reconstruction the south or the north, what do you think? In the history of the United States the term reconstruction has two meanings. The first one is the history of the country from 1865 to 1877 then the Civil War was the second one is the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877 as directed by Congress with the reconstruction of state and society.Who Killed Reconstruction the north or the south? The south killed reconstruction because The south did not want anything to do with African Americans if they let them have rights reconstruction would not have ended.The south did not want African Americans to be free but the north wanted the blacks to be free.The south also did not want the african americans have the right to vote because the south thought that the African Americans were not important. The problem was that the north did not like how the south thought about African Americans.The south should have had let the African Americans have rights because eventually the African Americans would get their rights. Also if the south did that there would not be a civil war. Both southern resistance and northern neglect contributed to the death of reconstruction. However southern resistance was the greater problem.
The neighborhood of Lincolnville was established following the Civil War by freed slaves and, is in the oldest city in America, St. Augustine. The settlement was originally called Little Africa, however, in 1878 streets were paved and it became known as Lincolnville after Abraham Lincoln (1). The Lincolnville District is St. Augustine's most well-known black neighborhood and has been a part of many important events in not only African American history, but also St. Augustine and America. Racism and segregation in the South during the late 19th century and early 20th allowed for black businesses to grow and. As the 20th century progressed Lincolnville became an important part of St. Augustine (2). By 1964, the whole world was focused on St.
She also introducing new urban building standards. This this article she talks about, the idea some people have of tearing it down and rebuilding. She also talks about ideas people have about some parts of towns. In Boston, she talks about the area of North End, and the change that it was over gone. During her second visit to this area, she discovered that it had changed. She talked to other about it, although the statistic were higher than the city, the people still saw it as a slum. They felt that they needed to tear it down in order to build something better. This leads to the conclusion that the urban planners to do understand that the people of the city need. They have ideas that were developed years ago that they are still using. These ideas do not take account what the people want. The author also introducing new ideas of a perfect city to live in and what it would look like. The idea of a garden city was introduced. This city would be built around a park. Although the new ideas sounded great they could not be put into place today. The idea of a Garden City is something that sounds nice, but it is not possible in society today. Today a city should reflect economic status, and in order to achieve this the city should be big, and convey an image of power. A city that has aspects of nature in it would not convey that image. That upkeep of a city of that kind would also be difficult. The do understand the author's point of view. The planners often times do not take into account the desires of the people. The town that I grow up in want to become more urbanized. In order to do this, they are building a large shopping center. This shopping center is located in the canyon rim. This canyon rim has been important the people for many years. We come to the area to walk, what bass jumpers, and enjoy the scenic views. This new shopping center took away this area. Many of the people
It is important that if you are ever running a business, you change before the change comes to you. Change can have either a positive or negative effect on a business and it is extremely important to strive to make it a positive
Hurricane Katrina put a hindrance on New Orleans because the city was left with blighted properties that span from the 9th ward to the 7th ward. Blighted properties were a direct result from flooding, wind damage, and citizens that moved or were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. When the levees broke an abundance of water entered the city and caused homes and business to become flooded. When the city was under water for days it created damage, homes were crumbled to pieces and even uprooted from the ground. Flooding even caused homes to deteriorate and become inhabitable and unsuitable. Blighted properties became breeding grounds for crime, infestation of rodents and other animals, dumping of dead bodies, fires (arson), mold, squatters (homeless), and other serious health issues. These are serious challenges that the city of New Orleans must tackle.
Location, location, location -- it’s the old realtor 's mantra for what the most important feature is when looking at a potential house. If the house is in a bad neighborhood, it may not be suitable for the buyers. In searching for a house, many people will look at how safe the surrounding area is. If it’s not safe, they will tend stray away. Jane Jacobs understood the importance of this and knew how cities could maintain this safety, but warned of what would become of them if they did not diverge from the current city styles. More modern planners, such as Joel Kotkin argue that Jacobs’s lesson is no longer applicable to modern cities because they have different functions than those of the past. This argument is valid in the sense that city
In Jane Jacobs’s acclaimed The Life and Death of Great American Cities, she intricately articulates urban blight and the ills of metropolitan society by addressing several binaries throughout the course of the text. One of the more culturally significant binaries that Jacobs relies on in her narrative is the effectively paradoxical relationship between diversity and homogeneity in urban environments at the time. In particular, beginning in Chapter 12 throughout Chapter 13, Jacobs is concerned greatly with debunking widely held misconceptions about urban diversity.
The city of Cumming is a small but growing city located north of Atlanta in the state of Georgia. The services in the city and the beauty of the area have made the city, and the county it resides in, a popular place to move lately. The town isn’t very famous rarely making national news or television other than Oprah’s visit to the city in 1987 challenging racism in the southern states. Since I was born the city’s population has almost doubled. The population of the unincorporated areas of Cumming has reached over eighty-five thousand according to the 2010 census (2010 United States Census)
...’s and lead to long term solutions in adapting to the new and still growing city of St. John’s.