DYNAMICS OF URBAN ST. GEORGE - Couverture souple

Mitchell, Norris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1479766054 ISBN 13 : 9781479766055

Editeur : Xlibris, 2013

Synopsis

Dynamics of Urban St. George was conceived, in order to provide a balance between the body of existing literary work on the town of St. Georges, as opposed to the dearth of information on the technical aspect of this urban centre. With this in mind the author set about to provide a brief historical background of the town, from its beginning in 1650 as a French colonial outpost in the Caribbean, its evolution, and the intense rivalry between the French and the English during the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries for this prized possession, which was acquired from the native kallinagos by the colonisers through subterfuge and gun-power. The historical background set the scene for the growth of the town from 1650 to the present (2013), by looking, examining and analysing the town mainly from an Architectural and Urban Planning perspectives. This has been achieved by dissecting the town into its principal components which come together, and is unified in a comprehensive dramatic whole, which includes Topography, Urban Planning, Architecture and Location. The principal components which are examined and analysed in the book include the following areas: 1. The Market Square as the core of the down town area, at the Bay 2. Church Street, commencing from the Greco historic building of the Presentation Brothers College at Upper Church Street and continuing into Grand Etang Road and ending at the General Hospital compound. 3. Young, Matthew and Monckton streets, the Western end of the Carenage, including the Library and the Financial Complex buildings, together with the area leading to the southern entrance to the Sendal Tunnel, Known as the HISTORIC VILLAGE. 4. Scotts, Lucas and Herbert Blaize Streets 5. The Carenage 6. The Lagoon area including the Kirani James Boulevard 7. Fort George Complex The current state of these areas are described in the book, outlining their present decline and deficiencies, with recommendations for rescuing this Urban centre which has been described by CARIMOS- the cultural arm of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 1988, as a monument of the wider Caribbean and is regarded regionally as the Prettiest little town in the Caribbean. If the recommendations are taken seriously by the authorities and eventually implemented, the changing dynamics of Urban St. George would be a transformation into its erstwhile beauty, heightened economic activity and the blossoming of a cultural centre, second to none in the Anglophone Caribbean.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Norris Mitchell attended the St. Johns R.C. School, and was the first of two recipients who was awarded the St. Johns District Board Scholarship to the Grenada Boys Secondary School (GBSS), the second was Sir Paul Scoon a few years later. After obtaining his Senior Cambridge Certificate in 1945, he returned to his alma mater, where he taught for 3 years, then the following 3 years in the Public Service. In 1952 he left Grenada for Curacao where he worked as a laboratory technician at the Curacao Petroleum Industries Maskapie (CPIM). In 1956 he migrated to London, England where he read Architecture at the Northern Polytechnic School of Architecture(1956-61), now the University of North London; graduating with an Advanced Diploma in Architecture. In 1961 he was awarded a Post Graduate Bursary from the World Universities Service (WUS) to the University of Rome as the top graduating West Indian student in Art and Architecture, where he obtained a Certificate in Urban Design. In 1963 he became a Chartered Architect after satisfying the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Professional requirements for practicing architecture in England and the British Commonwealth, on completion of two years professional practice with Jackson & Edmonds Architects and Town Planners of London and Manchester. Professional practice is also a prerequisite for sitting and passing the compulsory State Exam for professional status in the United Kindom. In 1964-66 he worked in the capital city of Kaduna, with the Government of Northern Nigeria as Divisional Architect responsible for project management of all new government buildings. From 1966-70 as Senior Architect at the Ministry of Works- Georgetown, Guyana, and in 1970 established his own practice in Georgetown as NORRIS MITCHELL ASSOCIATES (NMA). Mr. Mitchell was the winner of the national architectural competition in 1971 for the iconic Guyana National Cultural Centre, the largest performing arts theatre in the Commonwealth Caribbean; he has also designed several buildings for the University of Guyana, notably of which is the Faculty of Education Complex. In 1974 he obtained a fellowship from the Commonwealth Foundation London, to pursue a course in Historic Structures Preservation, at the School of Advanced Architectural Studies at the University of York- England and in 1976 another fellowship from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to undertake a survey of Research Laboratories in Ottawa, in order to obtain information and data for the design of the Institute of Science and Technology for the Guyana National Research Council. Mr. Mitchell migrated to Canada in 1982 where he became a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and practiced there up to 1987 when he returned to Grenada and re-established his firm: NORRIS MITCHELL ASSOCIATES. Since returning to Grenada Mr. Mitchell has inter alia, been active in the preservation of the Built Heritage and is the founder of the Willie Redhead Foundation, an NGO dedicated to the Preservation and Renewal of the National Heritage of Grenada, and served as its President from 1994 - 2012. Mr. Mitchell is also the author of a CASE STUDY, 1979 of the Guyana National Cultural Centre reviewed in 2012, and his memoirs, to be published shortly.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Xlibris
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1479766054
• ISBN 13: 9781479766055
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne