The Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities

The New Metropolis 

1. Cities are growing in every imaginable way. How do we manage that growth?
2. Example of Growth: 
   1. Industrial, not just commercial or financial 
   2. Mass transit: move people around 
   3. Electric Light 
   4. Skyscraper 
   5. Immigrants: rural, foreign 
3. City Culture 
   1.  Urban Amusements 
4. Governing the Great Cities: Political Machines
   1. Private Cities: private developers build streetcars, sewers, water electricity 
      1. Motive: Profit 
   2. Political Machines link the private developers with…