Historical Land Development Story Map

Baton Rouge's unique past has shaped the city that we live in today. The layout of the city's streets, the arrangement of prominent government and religious structures, the clustering of businesses, the distribution of residential neighborhoods, and the placement of parks and schools all speak to the long term processes of urban growth. Society invests tremendous effort in creating its urban centers and citizens develop attachments to those places. It is the investment of human effort that stimulates a sense of place and allows individuals to develop strong feelings about their home city. Sense of place is constantly reinforced by contact with the common, everyday landscapes that surround us. In Baton Rouge, the two principal university campuses, the state government complex, along with various historic neighborhoods and structures all stand as perpetual reminders of the city's past. Many familiar and, at the same time, unique landscape features of Baton Rouge shape our sense of place.

Much has been written about the distinctive buildings that come to mind when Baton Rouge is mentioned, but what of the larger districts and neighborhoods? Residents generally are most familiar with their immediate surroundings or those places where they work and play and these surroundings ofter constitute more than a building or two. Children comprehend their immediate neighborhoods and those who move about a city come to know and develop ideas about the city's larger units. Geographers and planners like to think of cities in terms of these larger assemblages

巴吞鲁日的独特历史塑造了今日我们所居住的城市。城市街道的布局、显赫政府与宗教建筑的排列、商业的集聚、住宅区的分布以及公园和学校的选址，均反映了城市长期发展的过程。社会在创造其城市中心时投入了巨大的努力，而市民则对这些地方产生了深厚的情感。正是人类努力的投入激发了场所感，使个体对其家乡城市产生强烈的情感。场所感通过与我们周围常见的、日常的景观接触而不断得到强化。在巴吞鲁日，两大主要大学校区、州政府综合体以及众多历史街区与建筑，始终作为城市过去的永恒提醒。巴吞鲁日许多熟悉且独特的景观特征塑造了我们的场所感。

关于提及巴吞鲁日时人们脑海中浮现的标志性建筑已有大量论述，但对于更大的区域和街区又如何呢？居民通常最熟悉他们的 immediate surroundings 或工作娱乐场所，而这些 surroundings 往往不仅仅是一个或两个建筑。孩子们理解他们的 immediate neighborhoods，而那些在城市中游走的人则会了解并形成关于城市更大单元的观念。地理学家和规划师喜欢将这些更大的集合体作为城市思考的视角。