| TP12 A Day in Salem: The New and the Old HSW NWA 05/14/2008, 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM Learning Units: 7.00-Boat, Train, and Walking Tour Training Units: 2.00-Training Area 17 (Historic Restoration) Sail the Nathaniel Bowditch, a high-speed catamaran, departing on the 9 a.m. ferry to Salem. Our first stop is the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) where we will devote special attention to the new wing designed by Moshe Safdie and Associates. Safdie has created a dramatic public space at the heart of the museum with a soaring glass roof over an atrium which serves as a central gathering place, in the tradition of a New England "village green." Walkways radiate from this open space, leading into both new and renovated galleries, as well as to new education and performance centers. We will also visit the PEM's Yin Yu Tang, a finely crafted example of Anhui-style domestic architecture from the Huizhou region of China. The Yin Yu Tang provides a unique window onto two centuries of family life and cultural history in provincial China. Built c. 1800, the Yin Yu Tang dates to approximately the same time as the Federal-style homes in the museum's collection. Our tour includes lunch and time in outdoor spaces designed by acclaimed landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh. Then it's a walking tour through "Knocker's Hole," a neighborhood originally built for shipbuilding. We will examine four centuries of architecture as we continue onto Chestnut Street, a planned community by like-minded Federalists who lived, worshipped, and were entertained on the street. Our guide will appraise examples of Federal, Greek Revival, mid-Victorian, and Colonial Revival architecture, much of which reflects changing tastes and economic histories of the artists, architects, and merchants who lived here. The guided portion of the trip ends on the return train to Boston's North Station, departing at 6 p.m. You will have the option to linger on your own, catching a later train at 8:29 p.m. Lunch is included. Learning Objectives:
Core Discipline: Design |