Current Courses Taught by Alexander Garvin

Study of the City 176b (Yale College): Introduction to Study of the City
An examination of forces shaping American cities and strategies for dealing with them. Topics include housing, commercial development, parks, zoning, urban renewal, landmark preservation, new towns, and suburbs. The course includes games, simulated problems, field work, lectures, and discussion.

Architecture 903a: Introduction to Planning & Development
This course demonstrates the ways in which financial and political feasibility determine the design of buildings and the character of the built environment. Students propose projects and then adjust them to the conflicting interests of finacial institutions, real estate developers, civic organizations, community groups, public officials, and the widest variety of participants in the planning process. Subjects covered include housing, commercial development, zoning, historic preservation, parks and public open space, suburban subdivisions, planned communities, and comprehensive plans.

Architecture 905b: Intermediate Planning & Development
This seminar examines the interaction of the market, location, finance, political context, and building design. Topics include housing, retail, and office development; zoning; historic preservation; business improvement districts; and building re-use and rehabilitation. Each subject is examined by technical fundamentals, national trends, and its local manifestation in a specific Manhattan neighborhood. Students adjust proposed subjects to the confiicting interests of financial institutions, real estate developers, civic organizations, community groups, public officials, and a wide variety of participants in the planning and development process. Prerequisite: 903a or equivalent course work.

Past Yale Courses Taught by Alexander Garvin
• Case Studies in Urban Development (School of Architecture)
• Housing Studio (School of Architecture)
• Community Renaissance Fellows Program (H.U.D. grant program)
• American Parks Movement (seminar)
• Case Studies in City Development: Real Estate & the Public Interest (seminar)
• Housing & Community Development (seminar)
• Urban Development (School of Organization & Management)
• Neighborhood Preservation: NYC—A Case Study (Seminar)
• Urban Planning Studio (with Christopher Tunnard—School of Architecture)
• American Cities & City Planning
• Principles & Practices of City Planning (graduate Dept. of City Planning)
• Urban Planning (summer course)
• Community Development Planning (Seminar)
• Neighborhood Planning (Seminar)
• New York City: Decentralized government & Neighborhood Planning (Seminar)
• New York City: Case Study in Urban Government (including internship in NYC)
• Planning in New York City