Growth of the Cities
Shape of the City Poor = city’s center Lived in tenements Crowded, poorly built urban apartments during the Gilded Age
Tenement Pictures
Tenement Pictures
Tenement Pictures
Tenement Pictures
Tenement Pictures
Air Shaft
Air Shaft
Air Shaft
Shape of the City Next band out – “zone of emergence” Those on their way up Certain factory workers Skilled laborers Professional mechanics Better tenements, neater row houses Could still slip back into poverty
Shape of the City Middle class – “suburban fringe” White-collar managers and executives Larger houses w/ neat, tree-lined streets Wealthy class – “5th Avenue” Mansions Typical rich guy stuff