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Urbanization As Seen Through Late 19c - Early 20c Arictecture and Living Conditions

Explore the impact of urbanization on architecture and living conditions during the Gilded Age, including the rise of megalopolis, mass transit, economic and social opportunities, class distinctions, and squalid living conditions. Discover the new frontier of opportunities for women and the influence of political machines and ethnic neighborhoods. Uncover the positive aspects of urban growth and the emergence of new architectural styles and symbols of change and progress.

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Urbanization As Seen Through Late 19c - Early 20c Arictecture and Living Conditions

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  1. Urbanization As Seen Through Late 19c - Early 20c Arictecture and Living Conditions

  2. Megalopolis Mass Transit Economic and social opportunities Pronounced class distinctions New frontier of opportunity for women Squalid living conditions for many Political machines Ethnic neighborhoods Characteristics of UrbanizationDuring the Gilded Age

  3. Positive Aspects of Urban Growth • Subways • Elevated trains • Streetcars • Elevators • Skyscrapers • Electric street lights • New water and sewage systems • Museums • New hospitals • Concert halls • Theatres • Mass circulation of magazines and newspapers • Parks • Novels • Public education • Libraries • Improved police and fire departments

  4. NewUse ofSpace NewClassDiversity NewArchitectural Style New Energy NewSymbols ofChange &Progress The City as aNew“Frontier?” New Culture(“Melting Pot”) Make a NewStart New Form ofClassic “RuggedIndividualism” New Levels of Crime, Violence, & Corruption

  5. CHICAGO: "The Windy City"

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

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

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

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

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

  11. D. H. Burnham • 1846 – 1912 • Use of steelas a superstructure.

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

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

  14. DH Burnham: Railway Exchange, Chicago, 1904

  15. Frank Lloyd Wright • 1869 – 1959 • “Prairie House” and “Organic Architecture”

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

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

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

  19. Interior of “Falling Waters”

  20. F. L. Wright Furniture

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

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

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

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

  25. NEW YORK CITY: "Gotham"

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

  27. Western Union Bldg,. NYC - 1875

  28. ManhattanLifeInsurance Bldg.NYC - 1893

  29. SingerBuilding NYC - 1902

  30. Woolworth BuildingNYC - 1911

  31. FlatironBuilding NYC – 1902 D. H. Burnham

  32. Grand Central Station, 1913

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

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

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

  36. “Dumbell “ Tenement

  37. “Dumbell” Tenement, NYC

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

  39. Tenement Slum Living

  40. Lodgers Huddled Together

  41. Tenement Slum Living

  42. Struggling Immigrant Families

  43. Mulberry Street – “Little Italy”

  44. St. Patrick’s Cathedral

  45. Hester Street – Jewish Section

  46. 1900RoshHashanahGreetingCard

  47. Pell St. - Chinatown, NYC

  48. Urban Growth: 1870 - 1900

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