Image showing the spread of Starbuck coffee stores throughout NYC
1. Sack's Coffee, College and Derby; 7 blocks south of campus.
2. Cafe Mediterraneum, Telegraph at Dwight; 5 blocks south of campus.
3. Mudrakers, Telegraph at Stuart; 8 blocks south.
4. People's Cafe, Shattuck (east) at University, 1 block west of campus.
5. Berkeley Espresso, University at Hearst; 2 blocks west of campus.
6. Tully's Coffee, Shattuck at Center (just outside of the BART station)
7. IHouse Cafe, at the head of Bancroft (AirBears only)
8. Boalt Law School cafe (haven't been there; I assume it has AirBears)
Other coffee shops provide Wifi access with a purchase (Peet's), or Wifi access that is unreliable (Strada and Cafe Milano, both on Bancroft way). These are all good potential places to meet as working groups as well.
Now for the critique:
2. Cafe Mediterraneum, Telegraph at Dwight; 5 blocks south of campus.
3. Mudrakers, Telegraph at Stuart; 8 blocks south.
4. People's Cafe, Shattuck (east) at University, 1 block west of campus.
5. Berkeley Espresso, University at Hearst; 2 blocks west of campus.
6. Tully's Coffee, Shattuck at Center (just outside of the BART station)
7. IHouse Cafe, at the head of Bancroft (AirBears only)
8. Boalt Law School cafe (haven't been there; I assume it has AirBears)
Other coffee shops provide Wifi access with a purchase (Peet's), or Wifi access that is unreliable (Strada and Cafe Milano, both on Bancroft way). These are all good potential places to meet as working groups as well.
Now for the critique:
How do coffee shops indicate class and gentrification?
How do they operate as neighborhood nodes?
Planners have been criticized for proposing cafes as the universal urban design solution for promoting a sense of public space, community, and place. Is that a fair criticism? How would you qualify it?
How do they operate as neighborhood nodes?
Planners have been criticized for proposing cafes as the universal urban design solution for promoting a sense of public space, community, and place. Is that a fair criticism? How would you qualify it?
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