Handy Glossary of Architectural Terms:

(Thanks to Anniesse for the tip!!)

https://www.decorativeceilingtiles.net/glossary-of-architecture-terms/

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URLH Resources:

Architecture and Built Environments
Conservation and Preservation
Fine-Grained Historical Information
Maps and Mapping
Organizations - NYC/Regional
Organizations - National
Organizations - International
Publications - Scholarly Journals
Publications - Urban Magazines, News Sources, Opinion
Statistics
Thematic Web Sites
NEW YORK INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Architecture and Built Environments
ArtStor Digital Library: http://www.artstor.org.libproxy.newschool.edu/index.shtml
Avery Library, Columbia University: http://library.columbia.edu/locations/avery.html
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
New School: http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.newschool.edu/avery/advanced
Getty Conservation Institute Abstracts of International Conservation Literature: http://aata.getty.edu/Home
Historic American Building Survey, Engineering Survey, and Landscape Survey: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/
Library of Congress on-line images: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
Resources for Urban Design Information: http://www.rudi.net

Conservation and Preservation
Aga Khan Trust For Culture, Historic Cities Programme: http://www.akdn.org/hcp/
UNESCO World Heritage Conservation (maps, databases, documents, resources): http://whc.unesco.org
International Council on Monuments and Sites http://www.icomos.org/
International Council on Monuments and Sites, Open Archive: http://openarchive.icomos.org

Fine Grain Historical Information
For some cities, this information is digitized and online. But for most places in the U.S. and the World, these detailed documents are only available locally.
The following artifacts can be found, partially or wholly, online
City Directories (available on ancestry.com for some cities)
U.S. Census up to 1940 (available on ancestry.com)
Fire Insurance Maps (available through TNS Library for NY State only) http://sanborn.umi.com.libproxy.newschool.edu
Newspapers, national (available through ProQuest, Google Scholar, and Lexus/Nexus)
LA Times
Chicago Tribune
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
San Francisco Chronicle
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
U.S. Geological Survey Maps http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/maps.html
The following records are typically only available locally
For availability in New York City, check the following:
Municipal Archives of New York
New York Public Library
New York Historical Society
Family and personal papers
Industrial and manufacturing censuses
Municipal government records
Newspapers, local
Photographs and photographic surveys
Planning documents
Plat and subdivision maps
Probate records
Tax records
Title deed transfer records (chain of title searching)

Maps and Mapping
New York City Community Data Portals  http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neigh_info/nhmap.shtml

http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?
Google Maps and Google Earth https://maps.google.com

https://www.google.com/earth/
New York Public Library http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/map-division
NYC on line historic maps /fire-insurance-topographic-zoning-property-maps-nyc
U.S. Geological and Topographic Maps http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/maps.html
National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/publications/general-info-leaflets/26-cartographic.html

Publications - Scholarly Journals
Journal of the American Planning Association
Journal of Architectural Education
Journal of Urban Design
Journal of Planning History
Journal of the Society for Architectural Historians
Journal of Urban History
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Journal of Planning Education and Research
Buildings and Landscapes
Environment and Planning
Planning Perspectives
Urban Anthropology
Places (Design Observer)
City: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action
Praxis: Journal of Writing and Building
Grey Room

Publications - Urban Magazines, News Sources, Opinion
Blueprint
Cyberhood
Cyburbia
Urban Omnibus
Land Lines
Metropolis
Next American City
Planetizen
Planners Web
Planning
Urban Design (UK)
Wallpaper

Organizations - NYC / Regional
Architecture for Humanity NYC Chapter http://www.afhny.org
Center for Architecture (AIA NYC) http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=center-for-architecture
Center for Urban Pedagogy
Design Trust for Public Space
Municipal Arts Society
Van Allen Institute: http://www.vanalen.org/

Organizations - National
American Institute of Architects
American Planning Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Landscape Architects
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Main Street U.S.
National League of Cities
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation Green Lab
Project for Public Spaces
Smart Growth Network
Trust for Public Land
Urban Institute
Urban League
U.S. Conference of Mayors

Organizations - International
Environmental Design Research Association http://www.edra.org/
International Council on Monuments and Sites http://www.icomos.org/
International Planning History Society http://iphs2014.dcp.ufl.edu
The Cities Alliance http://www.citiesalliance.org
United Nations HABITAT http://unhabitat.org
European Architectural History Network
International Planning History Society

Statistics
U.S. Population http://www.census.gov/ http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/pa/address.jsp [GIS based]

http://www.city-data.com
Economic Indicators
Economist Intelligence Unit Reports (ProQuest, TNS Library)
Oxford Research Country Profiles (ProQuest, TNS Library)
Snapshot Series Industry Reports (ProQuest, TNS Library)
World Population http://www.geohive.com

http://data.worldbank.org

http://www.prb.org

http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/

http://popindex.princeton.edu/index.html

Thematic Web Sites
ArchNet - Islamic Architecture (MIT) http://archnet.org
Hypercities (UCLA) http://hypercities.ats.ucla.edu

Urban Policy and Issues
Center for an Urban Future
Center for Urban Transportation Research http://www.cutr.usf.edu/
Report Card on America's Infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers http://www.asce.org
Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development http://www.hud.gov/
Urban Land Institute

 

 

 

NEW YORK INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

 

Art, Architecture and Design

American Folk Art Museum

Architecture League of New York

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Bronx Museum of Art

City Lore 

The Cloisters

Creative Time

Design Trust for Public Space

Hirshhorn Museum

Guggenheim Museum

Laundromat Project

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Municipal Arts Society 

Museum of Arts and Design

Museum of Modern Art

Museum of the Moving Image 

The New Museum

No Longer Empty

Queens Museum

Sheila C. Johnson Centre

Storefront for Art and Architecture

Studio Museum in Harlem

Van Allen Institute

Vera List Centre for Art and Politics

The Whitney Museum

 

Archives, Collections, Exhibition

African Burial Ground

Anthology Film Archive

Brooklyn Historical Society

International Center of Photography

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Museum of the Chinese in the Americas 

Museum of the City of New York

New York City Landmarks Commission

New York Historical Society

New York Public Library

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture