Sociology: Urben home Work (Other (Not Listed) Sample)

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My neighbourhood is Stanford University located in Escondindo village in California. The colors and building stock of the neighbourhood are mostly uniform and there is also the absences a typical street grid in the site. Notwithstanding, my neighbourhood contains all the 5 image elements namely paths, districts, edges, landmarks and nodes presented by Kevin Lynch in his literature Image of the City. Each of these elements a comparatively distinct in my neighbourhood and unambiguous to identify (Lynch 5).
The landmarks you encounter in the neighbourhood are a number of Starbucks you will encounter as at the crossroad between Stanford Avenue and of El Camino. The most remarkable landmarks are the three buildings; the fire station, credit union and campus service station one finds along the entrance to the campus along
Serra Street. These three buildings stand out because they mark the automobile entrances to Escondindo village (EV). Escondido Village boundaries are Stanford Avenue in the east, and Serra Street boundary to the west. El Camino to the north but I not sure whether the boundary to the south is Bowdoin Escondido Road (Lynch 15). The major streets across acts as the edges that define the E-V has housing reserved.
E-V has provides different housing for married students, student couples with children and for students who are singles. The apartment for married students and those who have children are arranged along fenced courtyards, each containing playing area for children and a sand pool. Thee courtyards especially the sand pools acts as the nodes of activities for my neighbourhood because children use the avenues as a playing ground in daily basis as well as adult use the places for graduation ceremonies, birthday parties and other parties.
I regularly use are the down Thoburn Court or the community garden on my way to pool and to the credit union. I’m walk along the tennis courts to the corner of Campus Drive and Serra when am going to the campus. However the paths (Lynch 66) I use more often is Olmstead Street to Yale markets and to my house because I spent most time off Campus than when am in the Camp...