Possible Research Topics

1) World Trade Center - Past and Future

a. Design Competition

b. September 11, 2001

c. The Center of the World

2) Homelessness and Creating Affordable Living Space

3) The Los Angeles River Restoration Project: How not to damn a river!

a. FoLAr

b. Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change, by Robert Gottlieb (MIT Press, 2001).

c. The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth

d. Jennifer Price: Paradise Reclaimed – In the Beginning

o more parts of the article of Jennifer Price

4) Chinatowns

a. Tourist destination or home?

b. Ethnic enclave, exploitation, or economic prosperity?

5) Accessibility of Public Space

6) Revitalization of Downtown Los Angeles

7) Creating Park Space in Los Angeles

	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3	Team 4	Team 5
	Timmy Chau	Michael Forte	Donny Reagan	David McNamara	Stephen Socozza
	Eileen Patch	Christin Martin	Aaron Davis	Dina Lelic	Christian Bergstrom
	Tina Parshley	Lyle Jantzi	Shawn LaPolla	Jason Hodge	Daniel DeSantis
	Zhi Li	Jit Asdamonkol	Peter Fuller	Jon Baumler	Eva-Lina Sandin
Presentation of Fact Sheet	Wk 4 Tuesday	Wk 4 Thursday	Wk 4 Thursday	Wk 4 Thursday	Wk 4 Tuesday

Course Objective	Course Materials	Bibliography
Syllabus	Schedule of Assignments	Additional Resources
Study Guide I	Study Guide II	Team Project Guidelines