1. Growth of the Cities: The Challenges of Urban Life

2. Urban Growth: 1870 - 1900

3. D. H. Burnham  1846 – 1912  Use of steel as a super structure.

4. DH Burnham: Fisher [Apt.] Bldg, Chicago

5. Louis Sullivan  1856 – 1924  Form follows function!  The Chicago School of Architecture

6. Louis Sullivan: Carson, Pirie, Scott Dept. Store, Chicago, 1899

7. Characteristics of Urbanization in the late 19 th Century 1.Megalopolis 2.Mass Transit 3.Magnet for economic and social opportunities 4.Pronounced class distinctions: Inner vs. Outer City 5.Squalid living conditions for many 6.Political machines 7.Ethnic neighborhoods

8. 10-11 Objective: Identify the characteristics of a tenement apartment. What are its best and worst features?

9. The Façade: 1870 97 Orchard Street Lower East Side, NYC

10. Housing- The Tenement

12. Mulberry Street – “Little Italy” Hester Street – Jewish

13. McAlpin House Millionaires’ Row

14. http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/vt_gumpertz2.html