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New York City: Crossroads of World Trade
By: Twyla Gollery
Central Park In the summer of 1865,
Frederick Law Olmsted returned to New York and resumed work on the park
An average of 8.5 million people came to visit the park on a yearly basis
People of all different classes, races, and ages would all come to enjoy the park
"A majestic breathing space for the life of the city" - New York Times
The Brooklyn BridgeOne of the oldest
suspension bridgesCompleted in 1883Connects Manhattan and
Brooklyn over the east river
The bridge was designed by the German engineer John Augustus Roebling, who had designed other suspension bridges before
After his death his son was left in charge of the project
Boss TweedA tall man, over 6ft and
weighed about 300 poundsBefore being a politician,
Tweed worked as a fireman and a chair-maker
Tweed is most known for stealing an estimated $200 million dollars from New York Tax payers
Tweed controlled politicians by his power in Tammany and jobs he would create or dispense, to influence the vote
Scott FitzgeraldFitzgerald described New
York as having " all the iridescents of the beginning of the world"
Is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers in the 20th century
His novels as well as his short stories described the twenties, as well as New York and what they were really like
Two of his novels were later turned into movies
Jazz Jazz music and dance
became widely popular in the twenties
The radio spread Jazz A variety of races
including African Americans and White Americans produced Jazz music
New York became engulfed with Jazz musicians because people would come to New York looking for entertainment
The Empire State BuildingIs 1,250 ft tallWas build out of
competition for the title of worlds tallest building
Took only 14 months to complete
Four to Five stories of the building would be completed each week
It's now one of the famous landmarks in New York
A Merger That Puts New York on TopThe worlds leading internet
company is merging with the worlds leading media entertainment company
New York is struggling to be the economic center of the country
The west coast holds many big companies that make it possible for it to become the economic center
By keeping 55% of AOL-Time Warner in New York it may help New York's position
The City in the Land of the Dollar: ChicagoDuring the last part of
the nineteenth century Chicago was the fastest growing city in America
This growth was because of the great commercial and industrial expansions
This is where urbanization started
The skyscraper was invented here and so was the use and meaning of 'downtown'
The City in the Land of the Dollar: The White CityAn area part of the World's
Columbian Exposition Most of the buildings were
based on classical architecture and stuccoed white
Robert A.M. Stern has called the Columbian Exposition "the first effectively planned complex ot public buildings built in America since theJeffersonian era,"
Was the inspiration for other architecture projects to come
The City in the Land of the Dollar: City Beautiful Emerged in 1900 as a slogan
for an urban improvementcampaign in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
City beautification activists focused of improving the downtown of cities by designing a classical city hall, a publiclibrary, and an auditorium placed around a square.
They also improved grand American railroad stations, because at that time they were also focal points for the expression of civic values.
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