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Life In Cities Will Change

__________________ : tall building with many floors supported by a lightweight steel frame - 1 st : Chicago 1885: nine stories tall Elevators make a skyscraper convenient & intriguing ELF. Apartment buildings begin to spring up all over cities

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Life In Cities Will Change

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  1. __________________ : tall building with many floors supported by a lightweight steel frame • - 1st: Chicago 1885: nine stories tall • Elevators make a skyscraper convenient & intriguing ELF • Apartment buildings begin to spring up all over cities • Hot water, heat, kitchens, flushing toilets, telephones • 1880s: electric lighting & appliances • Elevators invented • Cities begin to run out of room for expansion • Building up versus building out • Moving People: • - Traffic begins to become a problem in cities • - Trolleys from center of cities outward • - This creates the first suburbs _____________: residential area on or near the outskirts of a city - Steam-driven passenger trains on overhead tracks - Subways - Bridges Life In Cities Will Change • _______________ : large retail store offering a variety of goods organized in separate departments • Macy’s: 9 story department store – clothes, furniture, jewelry, window-shopping • Sports • A way to escape the pressures of work & city life • __________________ : most popular sport in the nation (first played in NY) • 1870s: many cities have pro team • _________________ : Grew out of European soccer (U.S. played since 1700s) • No helmets, little skill (1908 = 33 college player died from injuries) • ________________________ : 1890s starts at the YMCA • _________________ : Young Men’s Christian Association • Wanted a sport that could be played indoors in winter • 2 bushel baskets to gym walls • Soccer ball thrown into baskets • Parks could offer open land to calm busy, • crowded city dwellers (Central Park) • Zoos & gardens • green grass and trees Shows: - Symphonies, operas – usually reserved for the _________ - __________: variety show that included comedians, song & dance routines, acrobats - Provided “breakout” - Opportunities to immigrants/ talent • NOW we’ve set the scene for… • Cleaner cities & better living conditions • ______________________activities • An educational awareness of other classes • An improved _____________________system • A platform for _________________________________ • ______________________: • New kind of music with a lively, rhythmic sound • Scott Joplin – “Maple Leaf Rag” • John Philip Sousa – “____________________”

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