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

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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)

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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

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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$

Tom Lowenhaupt

[email protected]

connecting.nyc