Urbanization Part II: Positive Effects US History.

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Urbanization Part II: Positive Effects US History

Transportation Improvements New York Central Rails –Connects NYC, Boston, Chicago Subway (IRT: Interborough Rapid Transit) –Connects outer boroughs to Manhattan Growth of the Bronx & Queens –Safer than street cars; gets people off crowded streets (underground and/or elevated)

Transportation Improvements Brooklyn Bridge –Connects Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn –Completed in 1883 –Built for trade purposes Goods could be transported even when East River was frozen

Skyscrapers –New engineering developments allowed for taller buildings –Chicago and New York lead the way Compete for world’s tallest building title

Skyscrapers

Gas & Electric Lights –Extends the day –Makes cities safer at night –Development of General Electric & eventually Con Edison

Miscellaneous New Sewage Systems –Constructed to deal with the increased amount of waste and skyscraper rain water run-off Parks –Built to provide urban dwellers with open space –Central Park (Manhattan) –Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

The Middle Class & Leisure The middle class grew during the Gilded Age –Doctors, lawyers, office workers, skilled laborers –Could afford better maintained housing filled with consumer goods (sewing machines & phonograph) –Attended concerts, theatre, sporting events, and vaudeville VaudevilleVaudeville  rapid succession of entertainers: jugglers, dancing bears, magicians, puppets, comedians, singer/dancers –Sent children to schooling beyond the elementary level

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