Urban Way of Life
Cities provided many advantages over rural life.
Urban Way of Life
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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
Urban Way of Life
4. City Services
A. Garbage Collection
B. Police Protection
C. 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.
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
Steel Skyscrapers
In 1889 Louis Sullivan
developed the Auditorium
Building in Chicago (26 stories)
Cities Developed 4 Things
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Parks
Zoos
Housing Communities
Mass Transit
First Zoo in the U.S.
Opened in 1874
Central Park (NYC)
Opened in 1857
Department Stores
Characteristics of a Department Store
1. Allowed customers to look, touch, and buy
merchandise.
2. Offered credit, free delivery, and marked prices.
3. Lower prices under one roof.
Department Stores
NEW TYPES OF STORES
Frank Winfield-FW Wool Worth- Took department store
concept one step forward. Fixed price under $0.10
Department Stores
R.H. Macy- Department Store- High end merchandise, high
price.
SPORTS
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NEWSPAPERS & RADIO BROUGHT FOOTBALL,
BASKETBALL, & BASEBALL IN TO MAINSTREAM OF
AMERICAN LIFE.
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SPORTS ARE A PART OF AMERICAN CULTURE.
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CULTURE IS A PATTERN OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND
IS SOMETHING WE DO OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BASEBALL
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ABNER DOUBLEDAY
INVENTED BASEBALL IN
COOPERSTOWN, NY IN
1839.
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FIRST PROFESSIONAL TEAM
WAS THE CINCINNATI RED
STOCKINGS IN 1869.
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THE FIRST WORLD SERIES
WAS IN 1903 BETWEEN THE
BOSTON PILGRIMS AND THE
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
BASKETBALL
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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.)
Leisure Activities in Cities
1. Music- Most cities established symphony orchestras, in
1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened in New
York.
Leisure Activities in Cities
2.
TheatreA. 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
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)
Leisure Activities in Cities
Significance- Gave people in the cities many
forms of entertainment