2. Characteristics of Urbanization During the Gilded Age 1.Megalopolis. 2.Mass Transit. 3.Magnet for economic and social opportunities. 4.Pronounced class distinctions. - Inner & outer core 5.New frontier of opportunity for women. 6.Squalid living conditions for many. 7.Political machines. 8.Ethnic neighborhoods.

4. William Le Baron Jenney  1832 – 1907  “Father of the Modern Skyscraper”

5. W. Le Baron Jenney: Central Y.M.C.A., Chicago, 1891

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

7. Louis Sullivan: Bayard Bldg., NYC, 1897

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

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

10. DH Burnham: Fisher [Apt.] Bldg, Chicago, 1896

11. D. H. Burnham: Marshall Fields Dept. Store, 1902

12. DH Burnham: Railway Exchange, Chicago, 1904

13. Frank Lloyd Wright  1869 – 1959  “Prairie House” School of Architecture  “Organic Architecture”

14. Frank Lloyd Wright: Allen-Lamb House, 1915

15. Frank Lloyd Wright: Hollyhock House [Los Angeles], 1917

16. Frank Lloyd Wright: “Falling Waters”, 1936

17. Interior of “Falling Waters”

18. F. L. Wright Furniture

19. F. L. Wright Glass Screens Prairie wheat patterns.

20. Frank Lloyd Wright: Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, IL - 1902

21. Frank Lloyd Wright: Johnson Wax Bldg. – Racine, WI, 1936

22. Frank Lloyd Wright: Guggenheim Museum, NYC - 1959

24. New York City Architectural Style: 1870s-1910s  The style was less innovative than in Chicago.  NYC was the source of the capital for Chicago.  Most major business firms had their headquarters in NYC  their bldgs. became “logos” for their companies.  NYC buildings and skyscrapers were taller than in Chicago.

25. Western Union Bldg,. NYC - 1875

26. Manhatt an Life Insuranc e Bldg. NYC - 1893

27. Singer Building NYC - 1902

28. Woolwor th Bldg. NYC - 1911

29. Flatiron Building NYC – 1902 D. H. Burnham

30. Grand Central Station, 1913

31. John A. Roebling: The Brooklyn Bridge, 1883

32. John A. Roebling: The Brooklyn Bridge, 1913

33. Statue of Liberty, 1876 (Frederic Auguste Bartholdi)‏

34. “Dumbell “ Tenement

35. “Dumbell “ Tenement, NYC

36. Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lived (1890)‏

37. Tenement Slum Living

38. Lodgers Huddled Together

39. Tenement Slum Living

40. Struggling Immigrant Families

41. Mulberry Street – “Little Italy”

42. St. Patrick’s Cathedral

43. Hester Street – Jewish Section

44. 1900 Rosh Hashanah Greeting Card

45. Pell St. - Chinatown, NYC

46. Urban Growth: 1870 - 1900