Nathan Skinner

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Built Environment Description 2: Corner of Auburn and Boulevard: Culture

The Corner of Auburn and Boulevard is a place that’s rich with culture and cultural history. It sits directly on the boundary of Old Fourth Ward, and Boulevard acts as a divider between the quiet living areas of Old Fourth… Continue Reading →

Corner of Auburn and Boulevard: Locals

Sitting in front of the King Center was a woman and her son. After talking to them for a while, I learned that they were locals of Old Fourth Ward. While I was sitting next to them putting my camera… Continue Reading →

Corner of Auburn and Boulevard: Sounds

On the other side of Boulevard from the old homes, lies a big tree, which houses the most birds I’ve seen in Atlanta so far. When sitting on the corner of Auburn and Boulevard, it’s impossible not to hear all… Continue Reading →

Corner of Auburn and Boulevard: King Center

Another building that celebrates the culture of the area is the King Center, which is a memorial where the Center for Nonviolent Social Change still works to keep King’s vision of peace alive. The center itself is a multimillion dollar… Continue Reading →

Corner of Auburn and Boulevard: Fire Station No. 6

Also on the Corner of Auburn Ave. and Boulevard is the historic Fire Station No. 6, which is a Romanesque revival building and one of the cities eight original fire stations. Inside is an old fire engine and an exhibit… Continue Reading →

Corner of Auburn and Boulevard: Old Houses

These old houses sit directly on the corner of Auburn Ave. and Boulevard. Some of them seemed to be lived in, but I think that most of them were empty. A lot of them had boards over the windows, and… Continue Reading →

Gendered Advertisements

I think that the biggest difference in the two types of commercials was the voices that they used. The advertisements for boys had guys with deep raspy voices that were trying to sound hardcore and accentuate the violence in the ads,… Continue Reading →

Discussion Question for Reading Annotation number 2

Have any of you (the students in the cluster) ever seen some type of architecture or object that was purposely designed to exclude someone? Maybe something like a park bench with dividers, so people can’t sleep on them.

Organizing my blog

Before I learned that we had to organize all of our blog posts into different categories and separate them with tags, I had already messed around with the format of my blog a little bit. At first, I messed around… Continue Reading →

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