BUILDING
INVENTORY
An inventory is list of things, usually a type of property,
such as items in a store. A building
inventory is a list of the types of buildings in your neighborhood. You will be doing a building inventory of
your neighborhood as well as creating an accompanying photo document of one of
your neighborhood’s blocks.
I. STEP ONE, IN CLASS: How old are the buildings in my neighborhood?
1. Log on to the following link:
2. Find your neighborhood.
Look at the color of the buildings and compare that color to the date
graph at the lower right hand corner.
3. Move your curser
over the buildings in your neighborhood.
The address of the building and the date it was built will appear in the
upper right-hand corner.
4. Answer the
following questions:
How old is your home?
How old are the buildings on your block?
What is the oldest building in your neighborhood? Where is it?
What is the newest building in your neighborhood? Where is it?
What is the age of most of the buildings in your neighborhood?
Now come up with 3 research questions about your neighborhood based on your data?
CONJECTURE:
Looking at our timeline,
and using your prior knowledge of your neighborhood, can you make an educated
guess as to why the oldest buildings might have been built when they were? As
to why the newest buildings might have been built when they were? About where they are located?
II. STEP
TWO, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: What kinds of
building are in my neighborhood?
Choose a section of your neighborhood to investigate. Or choose two sections! That’s up to you, but each section must
include at least a 5 x5 block area.
Where
did you walk? ________________________________________________________
INVENTORY
OF RESIDENCES
Which
types of residences are in your
neighborhood?
res·i·dence
n the house, apartment, or other dwelling in
which somebody lives
CIRCLE
All THAT APPLY TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
1.
ROW
HOUSES:
FAÇADES (the Façade is the Face of the building):
- Brownstone (painted
or unpainted)
- Brick
(painted and unpainted)
- Limestone
- Aluminum
siding
Average # of floors: _____________________
Stoops Y
N
Gates Y
N
Ornamentation? Y
N
If yes, describe:
2. LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS:
Average # of floors:
___________________________
Ornamentation?
If yes, describe:
Were these apartments:
- Built
to be apartments Y N
- Renovated
Industrial buildings Y
N
- Renovated
commercial buildings Y N
- Renovated
municipal or religious bldgs Y
N
4. INDIVIDUAL HOUSES
Average # of floors ________________________________
Front yards? Y N
Porches? Y N
Steps? Y
N
Gates? Y N
Ornamentation? Y N
If yes, describe:
CONJECTURE:
Which types of residences
are most prevalent (widely occurring)
in your neighborhood? Looking at our timeline, and using your prior knowledge
of your neighborhood, can you make an educated guess about why these building were
built when they were? About where they are located?
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
BUILDINGS
COMMERICAL
- Where
located?
- Mom-and-Pop Y N
- Big
Box Store Y
N
INDUSTRIAL
- Where
located?
- In
use as a factory today? Y N
CONJECTURE
Why might these commercial
and/or industrial buildings be located where they are in your
neighborhood? When was the average date
the commercial and/or residential buildings were built? Looking at our class timeline, can you make
an educated guess as to why they were built at this time?
