Classwork: zoning & github

MHC 250/Seminar 4:
Shaping the Future of New York City
Spring 2017

Zoning

Using the Gotham Zoning site, answer the following:

• What is the zoning district for Macaulay Honors College?
• What is the zoning district for JFK Airport?
• What is the zoning district for Governors Island?
• What is the zoning district for Citi Field?
• What is the zoning district for Lehman College?

Zoning Districts

In addition to the general classifications of "Residential", "Commercial", and "Manufacturing", there are more specific districts:

• NYC Zoning Districts
• NYC Residential Page

Answer the following:

• What zoning districts are considered "low density" housing?
• What zoning districts are considered "medium density" housing?
• What zoning districts are considered "high density" housing?

Github Webpages

As part of this week's homework, you need to create a github page for your neighborhood.

1. If you haven't done so already, set up a repository for your neighborhood project (see the getting started tutorials from Classwork 3 on how to set up a repository).
2. Follow through the options for setting up a page for your project (right under the "Ready to get started?).

   More details from github: on writing and formatting and the markdown language.

3. Start including the pieces for this weeks' homework in your neighborhood page:
   • the name of the neighborhood,
   • the outline of the neighborhood (the .json file you created in the previous classwork for Homework 5),
   • the basic demographics & statistics from the Homework 1,
   • the top ten for parking tickets (by licence plate) from Homework 2,
   • the biggest 311 complaints from Homework 3,
   • the map of where 311 complaints occurred from Homework 4.

Side note: If you're interested in using github to host your own website, here are some useful tutorials:

• http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/using-github-pages-to-host-your-website
• http://kbroman.org/simple_site/pages/user_site.html
• http://jmcglone.com/guides/github-pages/

Project Teams

The project proposal is due next week. Your proposal should include:

• Names of team members,
• Group statement: Proposed topics or questions your team would like to address,
• Group statement: What data sets you plan to use (must use at least 2 distinct data sets per team member in meaningful ways in your project), and
• Group statement: What techniques and tools you are thinking about using,
• Each team member: Your personal interest in this topic (why are you a part of this team?), and
• Each team member: How you plan to contribute to the effort, that is, on what particular aspect of the project you will be take the lead.