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Made In America – The Story of Southwick/Union Crossing

Published on June 12, 2009 in Practicum and Spring 2009.

southwick buildingThe Lawrence History Center‘s exhibit, Made in America~ Story of Southwick-Union Crossing~People Place, Product will open on June 18th, 2009 at the Lawrence Heritage State Park (One Jackson St, Lawrence, MA), featuring oral history interviews and research done by Lawrence Community Works staff and youth members, and MIT@Lawrence practicum students in Spring 2009.

The exhibit tracks the 100 year history of the Union Crossing site – from manufacturing textiles, shoes and clothing, to creating this vibrant new Lawrence community. Focusing ont eh themes of “People, Place, Product”, the exhibit highlights transformations that took place in the complex and celebrates the spirit of community present throughout the site’s history.

Exhibit Reception, Thursday June 25 5-7pm

Open Daily 9-4pm

June 18th, 2009 – Labor Day

Free Admission

Spring Practicum Course Explores Storytelling at Union Crossing

Published on May 8, 2009 in Blog, Practicum and Spring 2009. Tags: , , , .

Check out this video of the final presentation to the Lawrence Community Works Union Crossing Committee, describing programs devised by the graduate and undergraduate students in the Spring 2009 Lawrence practicum course in the Dept of Urban Studies and Planning (11.423 Lawrence Practicum: Info, Assets, and the Immigrant City). The presentation described three ideas for programs where LCW could incorporate storytelling as a process for community building around the re-development of a mill complex into green affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization – through channels such as on-site installation, skill-building workshops that feed into larger events, and virtual story documentation and sharing online on a social network.

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Check out the archived Stellar site for the course to learn more about the class.