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Commercial & Industrial Cities Urban Form. The Commercial City Basis of economy – commerce Size & shape tied to dominant form of transportation – walking.

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1 Commercial & Industrial Cities Urban Form

2 The Commercial City Basis of economy – commerce Size & shape tied to dominant form of transportation – walking Class pyramid reflected in residential pattern

3 Sjoberg’s Model of the Preindustrial City Definition of prime real estate tied to issues of mobility * mobility * valued functions Elite Middle-income Poor

4 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

5 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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7 Restructuring of a City

8 Industrial City (1875-1920) Tremendous Growth: Multiplier Effect New Building Technologies Mass Market of Housing – Real Estate Developers

9 “New Immigrants” Eastern Europe – Polish & Slavic Peasants (1880-1920) Southern Europe – Italian agriculturalist

10 Central Business District Skyscraper * steel frame *elevator

11 Mass Market of Housing Balloon Frame Construction – Workers Cottage

12 Rise of Real Estate Developer

13 Real Estate Developer cont. S.E. Gross – ‘Friend of the Working Man’

14 Townhouses

15 Apartments – ‘French Flats’

16 Streetcar Suburbs


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