URSI 110--The City

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US: Romantic Era (1825-1850)

Key Ideas:

• “The Public”—public participation, public transportation, public services, domestic architecture, etc.
• Beginnings of industrialization (mass production) in US

City Form

• Morphology: Concentric to Sector 1, 2, 3
• Styles:
1. Greek revival 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
1. also in art & everyday life
2. Italianate 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
3. Gothic revival 1, 2, 3, 4
4. Picturesque 1, 2

Transportation

• Walking city 1, 2
• Horseback 1, 2
• Omnibus
• Elevated railway
• Railroad 1, 2
• Clipper ships 1, 2, 3
• Steamboats 1, 2
• Immigration

Public Buildings

• Utopian communities 1, 2, 3
• Growth of (private) colleges 1, 2,
• “English” garden design

Commercial/Industrial

• Market Streets 1, 2, 3, 4
• Shipping 1, 2
• Steam power 1, 2
• Mill districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Cast iron 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Residential/Daily Life

• Social classes
• Streetlights (and police & fire patrols)
• Balloon frame 1, 2
• Pattern books 1, 2, 3

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© 2006 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 24 May 06