what is american pop culture? skyscrapers public transportation public parks shopping
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What is American
pop culture?
• Skyscrapers• Public Transportation• Public Parks
• Shopping
Skyscrapers:• Electric Elevators• Steel Frames
Rookery Building Chicago (1885)
10 floors
Skyscrapers:
Skyscrapers:
NY Tribune
Building
Larkin Building, Buffalo (1896)
Skyscrapers:
Public Transportation:• Trolley Cars
Public Transportation:• Subways
Public Transportation:• New
Bridges
Brooklyn Bridge, NY, 1883
Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted• Central Park
• Delaware Park
• Buffalo Parkwayshttp://buffaloolmstedparks.org/
Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted
Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted
Lincoln Parkway, 1905
Delaware Park, 1905
Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted
Delaware Avenue, 1905
Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted
Shopping:• Department Stores
Macy’s, Herald Square, NY
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Football
Baseball
Football
College Football: almost banned in early 1900s because of 33 deaths on the field in 1908.
Basketball
James Naismith, 1891
• American Pop Music• Vaudeville Variety Shows
American Pop MusicJohn Phillip
Sousa
Marches (Military Music)
American Pop Music Scott
Joplin
Ragtime
Vaudeville Variety Shows
• Singers• Dancers• Music• Acrobats• Comedians
Vaudeville Variety Shows
The Marx Brothers
Vaudeville Variety Shows
Abbot & Costello
The Three Stooges
Vaudeville Variety Shows
Vaudeville Variety Shows
Laurel & Hardy