Homework #10

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

Topics: Regular Expressions; Equality
Deadline: Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 11:59pm

Data

We will use two different data sets from OpenData NYC and one from the NYC DOE. The first two were used in Classwork #6. The third is from Classwork #7:

• NYC School District Boundaries (export as geoJSON, called schoolDistricts.json).
• NYC Department of Education Test Results (see Classwork #6 for filtering the data to a CSV file).
• NYC Zoning Districts (see Classwork #7 for filtering the data).

Assignment

• The city's Zoning for Quality and Affordability Plan was approved March 2016. The overview identifies new features: such as lot coverage, change in building envelopes, and changes for affordable senior housing (starting on p 13). In your favorite neighborhood, choose a lot that zoning has changed under the new rules. Include an image of the current building on the lot and discuss what you would be build on the lot given the new zoning.
  • #1: Submit a .pdf file that includes your image and discussion. Also, include your answer as part of the classwork discussion on Blackboard.
  
  
• Write a program to pull off all the emails from the first page of the Macaulay Honors College Directory. You may use any Python package or techniques that make sense to you (see Classwork 10 for examples of regular expressions and beautifulSoup).
  • #2: Submit your program as a .py file.
    
  • #3: Submit a file containing the email addresses.
  
  
• Modify the program weatherPD.py to display the maximum temperature on your birthday for the last 25 years.
  • #4: Submit your program as a .py file.
    
  • #5: Submit a screen shot of the graphics window containing the plot.

Submitting Homework

To submit your homework, log on to the Blackboard system, and go to "Homework". For each part of the homework, there is a separate input box. You may submit the homework as many times as you would like before the deadline.