Mapping Jackson Heights - From Farms To Cosmopolitan Neighborhood
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I’m Tom Lowenhaupt, and I live in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights.
3 Topics● Neighborhoods● Jackson Heights● Maps
NeighborhoodsWhat are they?
About Neighborhoods 1.
“spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur— the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realize common values, socialize youth, and maintain effective social control.”
Schuck, Amie and Dennis Rosenbaum 2006
About Neighborhoods 2.
There’s nothing official about neighborhoods.
They come, they go, they morph - “Astoria Hts.”
Astoria Heights
About Neighborhoods 3.
Real Estate role: “desirability”
Rents
About Neighborhoods 3.
In New York City all neighborhoods have poor local communication.
Media ComparisonTerre Haute, Indiana Jackson Heights
Population 100,000 100,000
Television Stations 2 0Radio Stations 8 0Daily Newspapers 1 0
Jackson HeightsFrom Farm To Cosmopolitan Neighborhood
PTOL OMY
150
AD
Another version of Ptolemy’s world map ca. 150 AD. Note: No hint of Jackson Heights.
Approaching Jackson Heights’ existence.
VINLAND
MAP
FAKE?
1755
John Mitchell
Jackson Heights
1776
New Town - Early name for area that included Jackson Heights
Lived here 1981 - 1991
Time Warp
Time Warping http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps/9300#Preview_tab
Time Warp
Internet History
In 1983 the Internet as we know it was essentially completed with the addition
of the Domain Name System or DNS.
.com .org . edu .gov
Internet History
Community Board 3 Member in 2001
Internet Empowerment Resolution
.com .org .gov
Internet History
Community Board 3 Member in 2001
Internet Empowerment Resolution
.nyc .com .org .gov
Internet History
2014
.nyc
What if...
JacksonHeights.nyc
DNA Maphttps://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150928/inwood/we-asked-you-draw-your-own-neighborhood-map-heres-what-you-did
Queens Museum
We’re Warping Again To...
Jackson Heights (the atomic)
+
JacksonHeights.nyc (digital)
Discovery
What good is a dotNeighborhood, e.g.,
JacksonHeights.nyc? How does it aide the real Jackson Heights?
Civics - QoL - Tourism -
Guiding Thoughts
Guiding Thought
Maps are a tool to get people off the computer and into the neighborhood.
Guiding Thought
Maps…● Grafitti ● Potholes● Pot sellers● Parades… protests… homeless… lonely
Maps… of the mental type
Maps… of the mental typeJacksonHeights.nyc
Maps… of the mental typeJacksonHeights.nyc
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Maps… of the mental typeJacksonHeights.nyc
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Schools.JacksonHeights.nyc
Maps… of the mental typeJacksonHeights.nyc
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Restaurants.JacksonHeights.nyc
Maps… of the mental typeJacksonHeights.nyc
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Pizza.Restaurants.JacksonHeights.nyc
Mapsmental and physical and digital
Maps.nyc -
Maps.nyc - part of a mental map shared by all New YorkersWhat?
● Folding Maps● Digital Maps - historic, contemporary,
functional● Tourist Maps● To get somewhere maps
Who? When? How$
