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Commercial & Industrial Cities Urban Form
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The Commercial City Basis of economy – commerce Size & shape tied to dominant form of transportation – walking Class pyramid reflected in residential pattern
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Sjoberg’s Model of the Preindustrial City Definition of prime real estate tied to issues of mobility * mobility * valued functions Elite Middle-income Poor
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Preindustrial City, cont.: Residential organization – social structure 1. Wealthy in the center – poor on the periphery AND/OR 2. Poor located in alleyways or service areas
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Preindustrial City, cont.: AND/OR 3. Socially mixed but occupationally specific areas Example: (Neighborhood in Milwaukee associated with specific product?) Why? Sociospatial organization = Walking City
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Restructuring of a City
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Industrial City (1875-1920) Tremendous Growth: Multiplier Effect New Building Technologies Mass Market of Housing – Real Estate Developers
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“New Immigrants” Eastern Europe – Polish & Slavic Peasants (1880-1920) Southern Europe – Italian agriculturalist
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Central Business District Skyscraper * steel frame *elevator
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Mass Market of Housing Balloon Frame Construction – Workers Cottage
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Rise of Real Estate Developer
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Real Estate Developer cont. S.E. Gross – ‘Friend of the Working Man’
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Townhouses
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Apartments – ‘French Flats’
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Streetcar Suburbs
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