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AMERICAN HISTORY II11 FEBRUARY 2013MR. HOOD
8.1 SCIENCE AND URBAN LIFE
AMERICAN HISTORY II11 FEBRUARY 2013MR. HOOD`S NOTES
KEY IDEA
ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HELPED SOLVE URBAN
PROBLEMS, INCLUDING OVERCROWDING.
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
AMERICAN CITIES CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON THE RESULTS OF
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
INTRODUCTION
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
ENGINEERING INNOVATION
GROUNDWORK FOR
MODERN AMERICAN LIFE
CITIES EXPANDED
UPWARDS AND OUTWARDS
CITIES GREW + GREW
EXPERIENCED GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCES
OBJECTIVE 1DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES ON THE
TURN-OF-THE-20TH-CENTURYURBAN PLANNING
OBJECTIVE 2SUMMARIZE TURN OF THE CENTuRY COMMUNICATION
INNOVATIONS
1 - COMMUNICATION
1.1 - PRINTING
LITERACY RATE INCREASED
BOOKS, MAGAZINES
AND NEWSPAPERS
FASTER PRODUCTION AND LOWER
COSTS
1.2 AVIATION
ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT
120 FEET IN 20 SECONDS
LED TO FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL AIRMAIL
SERVICE
1.3 PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY BECAME PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITY
GEORGE EASTMAN
BROUGHT IT TO THE MASSES
WITH THE KODAK CAMERA
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BECAME AMATEUR
PHOTOGRAPHERS
START OF PHOTOJOURNALISM
2 - TRANSPORTATION
2.1 ELECTRIC STREETCARS
CONNECTED DOWNTOWN TO
NEIGHBOURHOODS
MILLIONS OF COMMUTERS
2.2 UNDERGROUND TRAINS
CITIES BUILT ALONG
RAILWAY LINES
3 - SPACE
3.1 ELEVATORS AND
STEEL SKYSCRAPERS
MADE BEST USE OF LIMITED AND
EXPENSIVE SPACE
LOUIS SULLIVAN
WAINWRIGHT BUILDING
DANIEL BURNHAM
FLATIRON BUILDING
SKYSCRAPERS BUILT UPWARDS
+ BRIDGES BUILT OUTWARDS
NEED FOR URBAN PLANNING
CITY PLANNING
MEET THE DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION
OPEN SPACES FOR LEISURE
INCLUDING PARKS
CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS