AMST 422 has been one of my
favorite classes this semester. The first few weeks I really enjoyed
discovering the history surrounding Hollins Market. I had the 1920-1930s, I
expected to find a lot of information in that time period but only found
information on the remodeling of the market and crimes from the area. Once we
were finished with our decade research we really began diving into more
hands-on activities. My favorite class was when we went on the walking tour
with Curtis. We were able to gather a lot of information about historical
buildings and residents of the area. When we did our personal research on a
historical building I chose to do the bottle factory Curtis had mentioned
during our tour. Unfortunately for me, I was not able to find much information
at all pertaining to a bottle factory in Hollins Market. My research was slim
to none on the subject and I moved onto researching the Pratt Street
Conspiracy. Though there were not many articles with information, the Pratt
Street Conspiracy was an extremely interesting subject. IT was a local shop
managed by teenagers to provide fashionable clothes at reasonable prices. I
really loved that there was an option for work for the teenagers of the area,
even those that had dropped out of high school. This write up was in the Light
City newspaper along with other pieces done by other classmates. It was really
cool to have our pieces in a newspaper that the community would see during such
an awesome community event.
After this we really began working
on our class project. We had many ideas as a class which made it a little
difficult to decide what our project would be. I recommended a video of the
market with a voice over history, I felt this option would be more appealing to
the community. Ultimately, we decided to do a walking tour, a website, and a
zine full of information. We even had ideas to include an open mic portion, so
community members could be involved. The open mic portion has been taken over
by Curtis, as we decided we had too many things going on. I think our class
event will have a decent turn out. When we handed out fliers last week many
members of the community seemed intrigued by the event and expressed interest
in coming.
I worked with the group that was
writing up information the past of Hollins Market. My group created the website
associated with important building we plan on talking about during our walking
tour. I also created most of the Hollins Market history timeline based off of the
research done by each student for their decades. Since the history/past of the
market is pretty much set in stone, I then worked in the future of the market.
I get in contact with a representative of War Horse, War Horse being the
contracting company brought in to redevelop the market. I was in contact with
Jim Mills, and he gave me a lot of information on the project. The market is
going to become a very modern and open community space for all members of the
area. I find the plans intriguing and think many patrons will be happy with the
remodeled market.
I am
excited to reveal to the community all the things we have learned over this
semester. I hope our event will bring some unknown information to members of
the community. During the event I will be assisting Curtis on the walking tour.
I am looking forward to feedback from people that attend the event, to see if
our event served its purpose, to be an informative and fun community gathering
event. I really enjoyed the opportunity
to work with my classmates and get involved in the community. I feel like it
has been a wonderful learning experience, not only academically but socially as
well.
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