Eastern Suburbs

The Burnham Plan of Chicago, a bold plan for the Chicago metropolitan region, was established by Daniel Burnham, Edward Bennett and the Commercial Club of Chicago in 1909. Chicago was struggling with growing as a mature economy center in the United States with its old-fashioned and irrational city plan. Thanks to the Burnham Plan of 1909, one the most iconic city plan in the world, effectively improves the layout and the overall functions of Chicago. Not only benefited businesses, government,…

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 traveling south, bungalows were more common. This is because as urbanization continues, new home are being built along the suburbs, whereas older bungalows remain from a time before. Aside from building differences, the…

it, they are not currently in the order which they will be cited in the final draft for the structure of the argument is not finalized. 1. Many of what are now London’s prime gentrified areas (Notting Hill Gate; Islington; Wandsworth) were, its suburbs in the…

After World War II, America had a few struggles until the postwar boom. The postwar boom caused a great economic outbreak, there were new jobs, there was a new suburban life, more babies were being born, and highways and interstates were being built. Americans had money, consumers were spending money, new companies were being built, new jobs were created and new technology was born. During World War II Americans earned wages but they saved much of their earnings. Even Americans who were not…

suburbanism come from? This timeline follows the United States of America from its roots as a largely agrarian nation to a nation of cities and suburbs. • In 1850, North America is overwhelmingly rural and agricultural. Fewer than ten percent of the United States’ population live in metropolitan areas, comprised of cities together with adjacent suburbs. • A transportation revolution occurs in the late nineteenth century as amazing new technologies facilitate the expansion and decentralization…

While Ronald Reagan was giving his farewell address, he mentioned his vision of a “city upon a hill”. He said he conceptualized the city as “ a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace”. He revered his opinion greatly, but he was too idealistic, neglecting the actuality of the world around him. He imagined America the way he wanted it to be without taking into account that the physical world…

Cities were seen as dark, over crowded and dirty this was due to coal fueling the inner city at the time of industrialization. The moral and physical decay of the city was a push factor to move to the suburbs, especially for the rich whom could afford nice houses and a healthy life style at the time. Rather than live in the hustle and bustle of the city people began to establish a life on the outskirts of the city where they could own land, a dog and raise…

Suburbanization is considered the main reason for the expansion of Toronto. Firstly, changes in transportation played a vital role for the expansion and creation of the majority of cities. Behan states that new technology for transportation was a key factor to suburb sprawl. In addition, Fyfe argues that the increment of vehicles and the development of highways allow variations in the distributions of communities. For instance, in the period of 1961-1991 Mississauga experienced big changes…

Compact cities can prevent many problems that urban sprawl brings to cities. The United States, unlike the UK or Japan, has encouraged urban sprawl with its policies based on the free market capitalism. As a result, in American cities, as suburbanization accerelates, economic segregation has also been expanded and thus, many economic and social inequality issues have been emerged. In contrast to a compact city, which is highly dense and mixed-use, urban sprawl is explained as a low-density land…

about the Chicago suburbs they tend to think of it as a better environment for their children to be raised in. Some parents even up root their entire lives to move their kids to the suburbs. All done in hopes of providing a better life for their children. By getting them away from the dangers of the inner city life style. In their minds they are leaving behind street gangs, a run-down school system, and drugs. There has always been a certain set of higher expectations of the suburbs. When I was…