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Trade is a significant part of Melbourne as a society. Markets, the thousands of strip shops, and the big shopping complex’s are a big part of what makes up Melbourne’s trade. The Queen Victoria Market is a major landmark in Melbourne. At around seventeen acres, it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemisphere. The Market is significant to Melbourne's culture and heritage and has been listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Market is named after Queen Victoria who ruled the…

Through walking the plus 15 system it was clear that it was a very inclusive and discriminating environment. This contradicts the City of Calgary’s definition of the walkway where they say that its “a public pedestrian walkway system that … provides alternative routes for pedestrians to numerous and varied destinations”. Through walking at both the street level and the plus 15 level strong contrasts began to arise between the two supposedly “public spaces”. Differences in areas such as…

1853 was a growing city on the path to success. Indianola was established near Indian point which was only three miles away from Powderhorn Bayou, another popular location. Indianola’s location was great for trade on land and off, there were roads that made traveling to San Antonio and Mexico easier. Because of its location on the coast, it was also great access for immigrants Indianola happened to be the primary location for European immigrants. In order to increase trade, the city moved…

the steel industry, and the many immigrants that came to America. The railroad business was crucial for many things. As the railroad business boomed, there were more tracks to cities. This allowed farming products to be shipped to various cities inexpensively. This helped us financially to have foods in cities quickly. The many railroads also helped for the shipment of oil. Oil was only found in certain parts of the country so they had to have a good shipment system. Everyone wanted the oil…

the city and human landscape that they create. “Mat-building can be said to epitomize the anonymous collective where the functions come to enrich the fabric, and the individual gains new freedom of action through a new and shuffled order…” In essence it is allowing movement and permutations through the city (building) fabric that allows it to be responsive to the needs and whims of humanity. Form is no…

focus in public health. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century caused an accelerated growth of steel, manufacturing, and coal industries. Following that, brought hoards of workers and their families from non-urban areas into the cities. These rapid growing cities lacked hygienic infrastructures to handle and endure with the expanding population. Many people had to quickly improvise and were subject to often jam packed housing and usually sleep across the street from the factories that…

these rails led to new routes being created and would set the path for many of Los Angeles cities to be populated and interest in expansion. Figure 1. Picture of a train at the Los Angeles station. As towns became more and more populated, private developers saw this as an opportunity and in 1887 completed the first electric trolley and streetcar 1. Red cars, as they were known, served to connect the various cities, while the Yellow cars, operated on a local system in central Los Angeles. The…

Excursion Assignment Over time the city of Toronto has constantly expanding and redeveloping. The result of redevelopment and expansion is change is change is styles of architecture. This can be seen in the location of houses in Toronto, and in a smaller community such as the Ryerson campus. Traveling from the suburbs to the urbanized heart of Toronto, the change of architecture was noticeable. In the suburbs there are many multi-story houses, in residential neighborhoods. But when…

THE LOST CITY- MACHU PICCHU, PERU & THE HIDDEN CITY OF TOMBS - PETRA, JORDAN Similarities The book that I have appointed, exhibits various ruins throughout the globe which even observers today can’t reason about. Two of these wretched ruins come together to debate its similarities and differences. The Lost City in Machu Picchu, Peru and The Hidden…

Wayne grow up and go to college, they are finding other cities that are more enjoyable to live in and live there. A redesign of Fort Wayne will have a huge impact urban growth because it will fix many problems with the structure of the city and it will focus on the guided principles of city planning. Fort Wayne currently has many problems and a redesigned city could solve these problems. The redesigned Fort Wayne has grid style streets and the city is…