The Views of the Center of Oakham
Presented by: The students in
Mrs. Johnson and Miss Miller’s classes.
In this area we see Wright Field and the Verizon building. WrightField is used for playing soccer or baseball games. The Verizonbuilding is used to get telephone service.. Wright Field is an areanear the church so that when there is a game going on peoplewho can’t find a parking spot can just park at the church.
We were looking from the top of Maple St. down to Coldbrook Rd. Thebuildings we saw were houses, the church, and the town hall. People live in thehouses, the church is used for religious practices. The town hall is used formeetings, voting, and the senior center. The view’s purposes are recreation, aplace to live, and a place to worship. The good layout features are that it is nearthe school, it is close to the center of town, the area makes it easy for walking,biking, or driving to the church or town hall, and every building has a yardaround it. The bad layout features are: It is not easy to bike toward thecommon, it is not easily accessible because of the sharp corner, people cannotplay in the road, and we are not in the main common area. This is different fromCopley Square because the buildings in Copley Square touch each other, thereare taller buildings, there are fewer trees in Copley Square, there’s a greaterpopulation in Copley Square, and in Copley Square they have no personal yardspace.
By: Bryan, Ryan M., Isaiah and Alex
This building is used for borrowing and reading books. The
library is used for recreational purposes. The library is close to
the church and the Town Hall. The area makes it easy for the
people who live on Maple Street to walk to the library. It is not easy for
people who live all the way across town to walk all the way to thelibrary.
By: Ben, Jenna, Tashia, and Morgan.
We are looking at the Fobes Memorial Library.
1.The buildings we see are theOakham Congregational Church,and a Cemetery
.
2. .This area is used as a place wherereligious People can worship, and to givedead People a place to rest.
3. The purpose this area serves is
mostly for religious purposes.
4. The good layout points of this
area are: it is near a common; thisarea makes it easy to relax; this areais close to a library.
5. The bad layouts of this area arethat people will
not be able to find a good parkingspot, and the building is not easy tofind because it has no sign.
By: Kylie, Sean, Alexis, and Ryan K.
In our view we saw two houses to live in. One of the old houses we sawused to be the old Post Office. The two houses we saw were across the streetfrom the library. We can see trees in front and in back of the houses. There is aroadway. In front of one house there are benches and grass. The town put thebenches for people to sit on. The area is a place to relax and rest. People couldhave a picnic here. They could walk from the library to the benches and read abook. The disadvantages of the area is that there are no walkways for people towalk on.
By: Kelsey, Ries, Jordan, Justin
The buildings we see in this area are a house, the library, and the Town Hall. Thiswas part of Maple Street. The buildings are used for living in, for lending out booksand videos, and town meetings. This area is good for getting to different placesbecause there are roads going in different directions. So you can go to differentplaces in the town of Oakham. This area is good for getting to the town hall andlibrary. This area is a little cramped because the library is on one side of the streetand the church (which is next to the Town Hall) and town hall are right across thestreet. This was the view Pat, Amel, Tim, Cody, and Dakota were looking at.
The buildings and areaswe saw in our assignedarea were the old postoffice, library, andhouses. We could see thesoccer field, and wecould see the towncommon.
The reason for these things are the soccer fieldand baseball field are for playing sports. Thehouses are for living in. The town common is forkids to play in the summer, picnics, find a book atthe library and read and write at the common.the library is for getting books and videos.
It is a good locationbecause if you live on thatstreet you are near alibrary, soccer field, andbaseball field. Its also nearthe church.
This could be a badlocation because thehouses are so close tothe road on a busystreet.
By:
Corey