ELI Supported Courses for Spring 2005

American Architecture : Sandy Isenstadt
A survey of building practices in the United States from prehistory to the present. Lectures pair overlooked traditions with recognized masterworks of architecture and urbanism.

ELI Support Team:
Hannah Bennett , Convener
Sarah Coe
Pam Patterson
Katie Bauer
Pedro Soto
Helen Chillman


Urban Legal History : Robert Ellickson
Under what conditions do residents of a city succeed in cooperating to mutual advantage? This seminar will explore this question by focusing on the physical development of New Haven from 1638 to the present. Readings and class sessions will address, among other topics, the initial Nine Squares layout and colonial land allotments; the dynamics of land subdivision and private development (such as the Hillhouse Subdivision); land assembly by Yale and others; the street network, the Green, and other public lands; such public works as the Farmington Canal, the planting of elm trees, and the interstate highways; and evolving controls on building quality and land use. Special attention will be given to New Haven’s nationally conspicuous efforts, since 1940, to provide public housing, renew neighborhoods, and nurture a nonprofit housing sector.

ELI Support Team
George Ouellette, Convener
John Davie
Sarah Coe
Diane Kaplan
Fred Musto
Margaret Chisholm
Team Contract (MS Word Document)

Environmental Politics and Law : John Wargo
Exploration of the politics, policy, and law associated with attempts to manage environmental quality and natural resources. Themes of democracy, liberty, power, property, equality, causation, and risk. Case histories include air quality, water quality and quantity, pesticides and toxic substances, land use, agriculture and food, parks and protected areas, and energy.

ELI Support Team
Brian Kupiec, Convener
Carla Heister
Sandy Peterson
Mary Litch
Katie Bauer
Sarah Coe
Abe Parrish