1. Population Growth

3. America in 1900

4. The Urban Landscape
Creation of great urban parks designed to allow city residents a healthy, restorative escape from the strains of urban life, Frederick Law Olmsted and Vaux designed New York's central park
Creation of art museums, concert halls, libraries, parks required philanthropy by the wealthy

5. The Mall in Central Park, 1902

6. The Brooklyn Bridge

7. Strains of Urban Life Chicago and Boston suffered great fires in 1871,
encouraged the construction of fireproof buildings, developed professional fire departments
Cities lacked adequate systems of disposing waste, air pollution - incidences of respiratory infection and related diseases was much higher in cities

8. Strains of Urban Life People began to "go out":
Coney Island Amusement Park, lavish movie palaces,
Saloons and some sporting events tended to be male preserves,
Shopping, going to tea rooms was more characteristic of females, relatively few places where people of widely diverse backgrounds gathered together

9. Strains of Urban Life
Rise of organized spectator sports: especially baseball (national pastime)
Vaudeville: consisted of a variety of acts (musicians, comedians, magicians, jugglers and others), most important form of mass entertainment was the movies, Thomas Edison created the technology of motion pictures

10. Strains of Urban Life
Working Class Leisure: walking on the streets, saloon- often ethnically specific, became political centers, Fourth of July: one of the highlights of the year, dime novels became popular, music became popular within the home, Scott Joplin: ragtime composer
Circulation of daily newspapers increased- began to develop the beginnings of a professional identity, the emergence of a national press service made use of telegraph to supply news

11. High Culture in the Age of the City
Salvation Army: concentrated more on religious revivalism than on relief ofthe homeless and hungry. Street Arabs: orphaned children, who grouped together and lived on streets searching for food- no lasting solution to their problems

12. High Culture in the Age of the City
American murder rate rose rapidly- south and west created much violence
Rise of professionalized public police departments
Often corrupt

13. The Rise of Mass Consumption
Growth of demand occurred almost at all levels of society- new techniques of production, mass distribution, rising incomes
Growth and increasing prosperity of the middle class
Emergence of ready-made clothing
Large numbers of people became concerned with personal style: women's fashions

14. The Rise of Mass Consumption
E. W. Woolworth: opened his first "Five and Ten Cent Sore"- went on to build a national chain of dry goods stores

15. The Rise of Mass Consumption
Refrigerated railroad carts made it possible for meats, vegetables and dairy products to be transported and kept it from spoiling . Improved diets and better health- life expectancy rose 6 years . Development of Chain stores: able to sell manufactures goods at cheaper prices, great variety of products