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8.1 SCIENCE AND URBAN LIFE

AMERICAN HISTORY IIXX 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 BRIDGEENGINEERING INNOVATION

GROUNDWORK FOR MODERN AMERICAN LIFE

CITIES EXPANDED UPWARDS

AND OUTWARDS

CITIES GREW + GREW

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES

OBJECTIVE 1DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES ON THE

TURN-OF-THE-20TH-CENTURYURBAN PLANNING

OBJECTIVE 2SUMMARIZE TURN OF THE CENTRY COMMUNCATION

INNOVATIONS

COMMUNICATION

PRINTING

LITERACY RATE INCREASED

BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

FASTER PRODUCTION AND LOWER COSTS

AVIATION

ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT

120 FEET IN 20 SECONDS

FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL AIRMAIL SERVICE

PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

GEORGE EASTMAN BROUGHT IT TO THE MASSES

KODAK CAMERA

MILLIONS OF AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS

PHOTOJOURNALISM

TRANSPORTATION

ELECTRIC STREETCARS

CONNECTED DOWNTOWN TO NEIGHBOURHOODS

COMMUTING

UNDERGROUND TRAINS

CITIES BUILT ALONG RAILWAY LINES

SPACE

ELEVATORS AND STEELSKYSCRAPERS

MADE BEST USE OF LIMITED AND EXPENSIVE SPACE

LOUIS SULLIVANWAINWRIGHT BUILDING

DANIEL BURNHAMFLATIRON BUILDING

BUILT UP

BRIDGES

BUILT OUT

URBAN PLANNING

OPEN SPACES FOR LEISURE

PARKS

CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS

CITY PLANNING