1. Reforming the City
I) New York City and tenement reform (plus a few notes on George Pullman’s model community) &
Jane Addams and Hull House
II) Governance
--committee-form thru early nineteenth century
--provision of services
rise of organized police
rise of organized fire
--more revenue
--fragmentation of authority
III) Who runs the city?
Robert Dahl’s model
patrician elites – Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence
political machines – “Boss” Tweed and Tammany Hall
middle-class reformers—Seth Low
professional politicians—Robert Wagner
IV) Focus on Political Machines
--why did they flourish?
V) Reformers
--Social Reformers – Hazen Pingree of Detroit ( )
--electoral reforms – ward representationat large representation
--Commission form of government – Galveston, Texas (1901)
--City Manager form – Staunton, Virginia (1908)
--varieties of Progressivism
VI) A Vision of a New Urban Order – the Great White City (1893)
--Great Fire of 1871
--designers – Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted
--architects – Louis Sullivan and McKim, Mead, and White

9. Reforming the City
I) New York City and tenement reform (plus a few notes on George Pullman’s model community) &
Jane Addams and Hull House
II) Governance
--committee-form thru early nineteenth century
--provision of services
rise of organized police
rise of organized fire
--more revenue
--fragmentation of authority
III) Who runs the city?
Robert Dahl’s model
patrician elites – Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence
political machines – “Boss” Tweed and Tammany Hall
middle-class reformers—Seth Low
professional politicians—Robert Wagner
IV) Focus on Political Machines
--why did they flourish?
V) Reformers
--Social Reformers – Hazen Pingree of Detroit ( )
--electoral reforms – ward representationat large representation
--Commission form of government – Galveston, Texas (1901)
--City Manager form – Staunton, Virginia (1908)
--varieties of Progressivism
VI) A Vision of a New Urban Order – the Great White City (1893)
--Great Fire of 1871
--designers – Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted
--architects – Louis Sullivan and McKim, Mead, and White

13. Reforming the City
I) New York City and tenement reform (plus a few notes on George Pullman’s model community) &
Jane Addams and Hull House
II) Governance
--committee-form thru early nineteenth century
--provision of services
rise of organized police
rise of organized fire
--more revenue
--fragmentation of authority
III) Who runs the city?
Robert Dahl’s model
patrician elites – Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence
political machines – “Boss” Tweed and Tammany Hall
middle-class reformers—Seth Low
professional politicians—Robert Wagner
IV) Focus on Political Machines
--why did they flourish?
V) Reformers
--Social Reformers – Hazen Pingree of Detroit ( )
--electoral reforms – ward representationat large representation
--Commission form of government – Galveston, Texas (1901)
--City Manager form – Staunton, Virginia (1908)
--varieties of Progressivism
VI) A Vision of a New Urban Order – the Great White City (1893)
--Great Fire of 1871
--designers – Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted
--architects – Louis Sullivan and McKim, Mead, and White

18. Reforming the City
I) New York City and tenement reform (plus a few notes on George Pullman’s model community) &
Jane Addams and Hull House
II) Governance
--committee-form thru early nineteenth century
--provision of services
rise of organized police
rise of organized fire
--more revenue
--fragmentation of authority
III) Who runs the city?
Robert Dahl’s model
patrician elites – Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence
political machines – “Boss” Tweed and Tammany Hall
middle-class reformers—Seth Low
professional politicians—Robert Wagner
IV) Focus on Political Machines
--why did they flourish?
V) Reformers
--Social Reformers – Hazen Pingree of Detroit ( )
--electoral reforms – ward representationat large representation
--Commission form of government – Galveston, Texas (1901)
--City Manager form – Staunton, Virginia (1908)
--varieties of Progressivism
VI) A Vision of a New Urban Order – the Great White City (1893)
--Great Fire of 1871
--designers – Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted
--architects – Louis Sullivan and McKim, Mead, and White

24. Reforming the City
I) New York City and tenement reform (plus a few notes on George Pullman’s model community) &
Jane Addams and Hull House
II) Governance
--committee-form thru early nineteenth century
--provision of services
rise of organized police
rise of organized fire
--more revenue
--fragmentation of authority
III) Who runs the city?
Robert Dahl’s model
patrician elites – Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence
political machines – “Boss” Tweed and Tammany Hall
middle-class reformers—Seth Low
professional politicians—Robert Wagner
IV) Focus on Political Machines
--why did they flourish?
V) Reformers
--Social Reformers – Hazen Pingree of Detroit ( )
--electoral reforms – ward representationat large representation
--Commission form of government – Galveston, Texas (1901)
--City Manager form – Staunton, Virginia (1908)
--varieties of Progressivism
VI) A Vision of a New Urban Order – the Great White City (1893)
--Great Fire of 1871
--designers – Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted
--architects – Louis Sullivan and McKim, Mead, and White

26. Reforming the City
I) New York City and tenement reform (plus a few notes on George Pullman’s model community) &
Jane Addams and Hull House
II) Governance
--committee-form thru early nineteenth century
--provision of services
rise of organized police
rise of organized fire
--more revenue
--fragmentation of authority
III) Who runs the city?
Robert Dahl’s model
patrician elites – Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence
political machines – “Boss” Tweed and Tammany Hall
middle-class reformers—Seth Low
professional politicians—Robert Wagner
IV) Focus on Political Machines
--why did they flourish?
V) Reformers
--Social Reformers – Hazen Pingree of Detroit ( )
--electoral reforms – ward representationat large representation
--Commission form of government – Galveston, Texas (1901)
--City Manager form – Staunton, Virginia (1908)
--varieties of Progressivism
VI) A Vision of a New Urban Order – the Great White City (1893)
--Great Fire of 1871
--designers – Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted
--architects – Louis Sullivan and McKim, Mead, and White

32. Reforming the City
I) New York City and tenement reform (plus a few notes on George Pullman’s model community) &
Jane Addams and Hull House
II) Governance
--committee-form thru early nineteenth century
--provision of services
rise of organized police
rise of organized fire
--more revenue
--fragmentation of authority
III) Who runs the city?
Robert Dahl’s model
patrician elites – Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence
political machines – “Boss” Tweed and Tammany Hall
middle-class reformers—Seth Low
professional politicians—Robert Wagner
IV) Focus on Political Machines
--why did they flourish?
V) Reformers
--Social Reformers – Hazen Pingree of Detroit ( )
--electoral reforms – ward representationat large representation
--Commission form of government – Galveston, Texas (1901)
--City Manager form – Staunton, Virginia (1908)
--varieties of Progressivism
VI) A Vision of a New Urban Order – the Great White City (1893)
--Great Fire of 1871
--designers – Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted
--architects – Louis Sullivan and McKim, Mead, and White