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Urban Way of Life

Urban Way of Life. Cities provided many advantages over rural life. Urban Way of Life. Jobs Piped in Hot Water Entertainment Sports Concerts Plays Museums Theme Park Sea Lion Park @ Coney Island Opened in 1895

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Urban Way of Life

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  1. Urban Way of Life Cities provided many advantages over rural life.

  2. Urban Way of Life • Jobs • Piped in Hot Water • Entertainment • Sports • Concerts • Plays • Museums • Theme Park Sea Lion Park @ Coney Island Opened in 1895 First Outdoor Theme Park in the World

  3. Urban Way of Life 4. City Services • Garbage Collection • Police Protection • Fire Protection 5. Sports 6. Mass Transit In 1908, dumping waste in the most convenient location was common practice. They would dump in the ocean, wetlands, or any given waste land. The U.S. didn’t set up regulations for another 25 years.

  4. Changing Faces of Cities SKYSCRAPERS 1. Price of land increased 2. Architects built upward 3. Louis Sullivan- Began using steel as a backbone for skyscrapers

  5. Steel Skyscrapers In 1889 Louis Sullivan developed the Auditorium Building in Chicago (26 stories)

  6. Cities Developed 4 Things • Parks • Zoos • Housing Communities • Mass Transit First Zoo in the U.S. Central Park (NYC) Opened in 1874 Opened in 1857

  7. Department Stores Characteristics of a Department Store • Allowed customers to look, touch, and buy merchandise. • Offered credit, free delivery, and marked prices. • Lower prices under one roof.

  8. Department Stores NEW TYPES OF STORES Frank Winfield-FW Wool Worth- Took department store concept one step forward. Fixed price under $0.10

  9. Department Stores R.H. Macy- Department Store- High end merchandise, high price.

  10. SPORTS • NEWSPAPERS & RADIO BROUGHT FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, & BASEBALL IN TO MAINSTREAM OF AMERICAN LIFE. • SPORTS ARE A PART OF AMERICAN CULTURE. • CULTURE IS A PATTERN OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND IS SOMETHING WE DO OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

  11. BASEBALL • ABNER DOUBLEDAY INVENTED BASEBALL IN COOPERSTOWN, NY IN 1839. • FIRST PROFESSIONAL TEAM WAS THE CINCINNATI RED STOCKINGS IN 1869. • THE FIRST WORLD SERIES WAS IN 1903 BETWEEN THE BOSTON PILGRIMS AND THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES

  12. BASKETBALL • INVENTED IN SPRINGFIELD MA. IN 1891 BY JAMES NAISMITH. • HE DEVELOPED BASKETBALL AS AN INDOOR SPORT TO PLAY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS • IT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE YMCA (YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.)

  13. Leisure Activities in Cities 1. Music- Most cities established symphony orchestras, in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened in New York.

  14. Leisure Activities in Cities 2. Theatre- Vaudeville- Sophisticated Circus EXAMPLES OF VAUDEVILLE- Juggling, Singers, Comedy, Ventriloquists, Acrobats B. Plays- Ranged from Shakespeare to Melo Drama. C. Opera- Play having text set to music

  15. Leisure Activities in Cities 3. Art- Beginning of “realism” Art scenes depicting American way of life (coastlines, mountains, landscapes, people) Thomas Eakins (NY) Winslow Homer (Maine)

  16. Leisure Activities in Cities Significance- Gave people in the cities many forms of entertainment

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