Clarence N. Stone’s regime theory, is a theory that states the proper way to identify a city’s needs for prosperity and the steps taken to enhance a city as a whole. In a regime theory, one would observe the city and decide what is needed for the city based off of the results from the observation. Since a regime theory includes the citizens’ voices in government, these citizens come together to express their thoughts about what they believe is needed for a city to prosper. Two examples of Stone’s regime theory, used in history, are the construction of Central Park, and the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which is illustrated in Abu-Lughod's book, “New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: America's Global Cities.” These examples discussed groups
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While there, they began to notice how appealing the public parks of London and Paris were and grew envious of them. The New Yorkers were ashamed of their community because it had lacked in providing public spaces, where people can relax and socialize. To fix this problem, in 1857, a plan was made to build a park, Central Park, between 59th street and 106th street. Construction of the park began in 1858 and ended in 1873. The construction of Central Park can relate back to regime theory through the process it took to get the park. The coalition of the wealthy and the laborers and the plan they created to form a “public space,” helped move the city one step closer to getting the park. The wealthy and the laborers believed that a park was needed, not only for a “playground” for the wealthy, but also for an employment opportunity for the laborers. The next step was to gather the resources. Frederick Olmstead was in charge of the Central Park project and he was able to get loans from various contributors to fund the Central Park project. He was also able to get land that was fit for building the park on top of. The creation of the park resulted in the city’s socialization aspects to increase. The citizen now has a public “playground” where they could socialize and …show more content…
As transportation was improving, more jobs were opening up from Manhattan into Brooklyn. The people observed the city and thought that in order to make a commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan or from Manhattan to Brooklyn easier, transportation connections needed to be improved even further. They needed a way to travel to and from Manhattan other than using a boat. In 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was born. The bridge made a linked connection between Brooklyn and Manhattan by joining them together and “making it possible to decentralize industry and residents to the eastern shore of the East River” (Lughod 73). The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge can also relate back to regime theory through the process it took to create the bridge. The coalition of the people of New York made the creation of the bridge possible. The people came together and decided that a new transportation system was needed in order to make the city prosper, so they started to plan the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge gave the people of New York an accessible way to get to and from Manhattan by a land connection instead of just taking ferries as the only mode of transportation. The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge resulted in an increase in the population in Brooklyn to over a million people. It gave people an easier
While there, they began to notice how appealing the public parks of London and Paris were and grew envious of them. The New Yorkers were ashamed of their community because it had lacked in providing public spaces, where people can relax and socialize. To fix this problem, in 1857, a plan was made to build a park, Central Park, between 59th street and 106th street. Construction of the park began in 1858 and ended in 1873. The construction of Central Park can relate back to regime theory through the process it took to get the park. The coalition of the wealthy and the laborers and the plan they created to form a “public space,” helped move the city one step closer to getting the park. The wealthy and the laborers believed that a park was needed, not only for a “playground” for the wealthy, but also for an employment opportunity for the laborers. The next step was to gather the resources. Frederick Olmstead was in charge of the Central Park project and he was able to get loans from various contributors to fund the Central Park project. He was also able to get land that was fit for building the park on top of. The creation of the park resulted in the city’s socialization aspects to increase. The citizen now has a public “playground” where they could socialize and …show more content…
As transportation was improving, more jobs were opening up from Manhattan into Brooklyn. The people observed the city and thought that in order to make a commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan or from Manhattan to Brooklyn easier, transportation connections needed to be improved even further. They needed a way to travel to and from Manhattan other than using a boat. In 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was born. The bridge made a linked connection between Brooklyn and Manhattan by joining them together and “making it possible to decentralize industry and residents to the eastern shore of the East River” (Lughod 73). The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge can also relate back to regime theory through the process it took to create the bridge. The coalition of the people of New York made the creation of the bridge possible. The people came together and decided that a new transportation system was needed in order to make the city prosper, so they started to plan the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge gave the people of New York an accessible way to get to and from Manhattan by a land connection instead of just taking ferries as the only mode of transportation. The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge resulted in an increase in the population in Brooklyn to over a million people. It gave people an easier