Vassar College Urban Studies Program

Welcome back to campus for 2021-22! Here’s a new initiative in Poughkeepsie worth watching further.

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We are very excited to welcome one of our URBS alumnae, Hillary Angelo ('03), to give a talk about her new book.

This is a virtual event; to register, email [email protected] or click on https://bit.ly/2Qa5Va3.

Local update from our pandemic report: Poughkeepsie is “back,” perhaps sooner than anyone expected. “Before the global pandemic struck, Kingston was already a very hot housing market. The latest wave of migration from New York City has further tightened that market. It is striking that the housing market in Poughkeepsie appears to be as hot, if not hotter than sales in Kingston over the past half year or so.”

How should city leaders respond to the opportunities of revitalization and the threat of gentrification?

Buckle Up Poughkeepsie By Josh Simons with kt Tobin The past two posts in this series have described the uptick in the trend of people moving to the Hudson Valley en masse from New York City in the wake of the COVID pand…

While Poughkeepsie struggles with the pandemic, gentrification is threatening the Main Street apartments in the former Luckey Platt department store building. The mayor says this is the first time the city has had a project that could potentially displace residents on such a broad scale.

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Luckey Platt renovations may price city residents out of homes in historic building With new owners and plans for high-end renovations, Luckey Platt residents are being given notices to vacate or renew leases at new prices

URBS grad Nicole Campo ('03) sends us notice of this fairly entry-level position (requiring a B.A. in urban planning, real estate, public policy, or related field, and 2-3 years of professional experience in economic or community planning and development, or equivalent) opening at the NYCEDC.

https://jobs.jobvite.com/nycedc/job/owPgcfwx

Don't forget to swing by the OLB today around 5:30 for the Urban Studies Welcome Back Reception! Free pizza, free merch from last year, lots of URBS people to catch up with. See you there!

An interview with the new professor teaching two URBS-crosslisted courses in the fall, "Architectural Uncanny" and "Modern Architecture and Beyond".

5 questions with Adedoyin Teriba Adedoyin Teriba is an Assistant Professor of modern and contemporary architecture & urbanism at Vassar College and previously worked as an architect in New York, New Jersey and briefly in Lagos, Nigeria. His research interests include the architecture of the African Diaspora in West Africa;

It was great to catch up with URBS alumnae at this year's Reunion!

Our 2019 URBS seniors!