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Urbanization As Seen Through Late 19c - Early 20c Architecture

Urbanization As Seen Through Late 19c - Early 20c Architecture. By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Megalopolis. Mass Transit. Magnet for economic and social opportunities. Pronounced class distinctions. - Inner & outer core New frontier of opportunity for women.

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Urbanization As Seen Through Late 19c - Early 20c Architecture

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  1. Urbanization As Seen Through Late 19c - Early 20c Architecture By: Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. Megalopolis. Mass Transit. Magnet for economic and social opportunities. Pronounced class distinctions. - Inner & outer core New frontier of opportunity for women. Squalid living conditions for many. Political machines. Ethnic neighborhoods. Characteristics of UrbanizationDuring the Gilded Age

  3. CHICAGO: "The Windy City"

  4. William Le Baron Jenney • 1832 – 1907 • “Father of the ModernSkyscraper”

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

  6. Louis Sullivan • 1856 – 1924 • The ChicagoSchool ofArchitecture • Form followsfunction!

  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 steelas a superstructure.

  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. NEW YORK CITY: "Gotham"

  14. The style was less innovative thanin 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. New York City Architectural Style:1870s-1910s

  15. Western Union Bldg,. NYC - 1875

  16. ManhattanLifeInsurance Bldg.NYC - 1893

  17. SingerBuilding NYC - 1902

  18. Woolworth Bldg.NYC - 1911

  19. FlatironBuilding NYC – 1902 D. H. Burnham

  20. Grand Central Station, 1913

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

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

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

  24. “Dumbell” Tenement

  25. “Dumbell “ Tenement, NYC

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

  27. Tenement Slum Living

  28. Lodgers Huddled Together

  29. Mulberry Street Bend, 1889

  30. 5-Cent Lodgings

  31. Men’s Lodgings

  32. Women’s Lodgings

  33. Immigrant Family Lodgings

  34. Blind Beggar, 1888

  35. Italian Rag-Picker

  36. 1890s ”Morgue” – Basement Saloon

  37. ”Black & Tan” Saloon

  38. ”Bandits’ Roost”

  39. Mullen’s Alley ”Gang”

  40. The Street Was Their Playground

  41. Lower East Side Immigrant Family

  42. A Struggling Immigrant Family

  43. Another Struggling Immigrant Family

  44. Rosa Schneiderman, Garment Worker

  45. Child Labor

  46. Average Shirtwaist Worker’s Week

  47. Womens’ Trade Union League

  48. Women Voting for a Strike!

  49. Local 25 with Socialist Paper, The Call

  50. Social and Political Activists Carola Woerishoffer,Bryn Mawr Graduate Clara Lemlich,Labor Organizer

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