Growth of the Cities: The Challenges of Urban Life.

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Growth of the Cities: The Challenges of Urban Life

Urban Growth:

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

DH Burnham: Fisher [Apt.] Bldg, Chicago

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

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

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

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

The Façade: Orchard Street Lower East Side, NYC

Housing- The Tenement

Mulberry Street – “Little Italy” Hester Street – Jewish

McAlpin House Millionaires’ Row

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