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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