New York City: Crossroads of World Trade

By: Twyla Gollery

Central Park In the summer of 1865,

Frederick Law Olmsted returned to New York and resumed work on the park

An average of 8.5 million people came to visit the park on a yearly basis

People of all different classes, races, and ages would all come to enjoy the park

"A majestic breathing space for the life of the city" - New York Times

The Brooklyn BridgeOne of the oldest

suspension bridgesCompleted in 1883Connects Manhattan and

Brooklyn over the east river

The bridge was designed by the German engineer John Augustus Roebling, who had designed other suspension bridges before

After his death his son was left in charge of the project

Boss TweedA tall man, over 6ft and

weighed about 300 poundsBefore being a politician,

Tweed worked as a fireman and a chair-maker

Tweed is most known for stealing an estimated $200 million dollars from New York Tax payers

Tweed controlled politicians by his power in Tammany and jobs he would create or dispense, to influence the vote

Scott FitzgeraldFitzgerald described New

York as having " all the iridescents of the beginning of the world"

Is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers in the 20th century

His novels as well as his short stories described the twenties, as well as New York and what they were really like

Two of his novels were later turned into movies

Jazz Jazz music and dance

became widely popular in the twenties

The radio spread Jazz A variety of races

including African Americans and White Americans produced Jazz music

New York became engulfed with Jazz musicians because people would come to New York looking for entertainment

The Empire State BuildingIs 1,250 ft tallWas build out of

competition for the title of worlds tallest building

Took only 14 months to complete

Four to Five stories of the building would be completed each week

It's now one of the famous landmarks in New York

A Merger That Puts New York on TopThe worlds leading internet

company is merging with the worlds leading media entertainment company

New York is struggling to be the economic center of the country

The west coast holds many big companies that make it possible for it to become the economic center

By keeping 55% of AOL-Time Warner in New York it may help New York's position

The City in the Land of the Dollar: ChicagoDuring the last part of

the nineteenth century Chicago was the fastest growing city in America

This growth was because of the great commercial and industrial expansions

This is where urbanization started

The skyscraper was invented here and so was the use and meaning of 'downtown'

The City in the Land of the Dollar: The White CityAn area part of the World's

Columbian Exposition Most of the buildings were

based on classical architecture and stuccoed white

Robert A.M. Stern has called the Columbian Exposition "the first effectively planned complex ot public buildings built in America since theJeffersonian era,"

Was the inspiration for other architecture projects to come

The City in the Land of the Dollar: City Beautiful Emerged in 1900 as a slogan

for an urban improvementcampaign in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

City beautification activists focused of improving the downtown of cities by designing a classical city hall, a publiclibrary, and an auditorium placed around a square.

They also improved grand American railroad stations, because at that time they were also focal points for the expression of civic values.

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