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Lecture 4: Urban Design and the American Workplace

12-family outshouse (St. Louis, c. 1900s).

Thriving city of Eden, on paper.

Thriving city of Eden, in fact.

Manchester UK, urban transformations, 1857 institutions.

12-family outshouse (St. Louis, c. 1900s). Thriving city of Eden, on paper.

Thriving city of Eden, in fact.

Manchester UK, urban transformations, 1857 institutions.

Engels plan of Manchester, 1844.

Engels, street plan of Manchester, 1840s.

Engels, street view of Manchester, 1840s.

Manchester, UK,  street view  by Dore, 1872 engraving.

Engels plan of Manchester, 1844.

Engels, street plan of Manchester, 1840s. Engels, street view of Manchester, 1840s.

Manchester, UK, street view by Dore, 1872 engraving.

Boston slums, 1840s (from Handlin).

Civilization's Inferno (frontispiece), 1893.

Dense tenement block, Manhattan, late 19th c.

Riis, How the Other Half Lives, photo of tenement life, 1890.

Boston slums, 1840s (from Handlin)

Civilization's Inferno (frontispiece), 1893.

Dense tenement block, Manhattan, late 19th c.

Riis, How the Other Half Lives, photo of tenement life, 1890.

Riis, tenement crowding, 1890.

Riis, scene in tenement, 1890.

Riis, 'Street Arabs,' 1890.

Riis, street kids, 1890.

Riis, tenement crowding, 1890.

Riis, scene in tenement, 1890.

Riis, "Street Arabs," 1890.

Riis, street kids, 1890.

Riis, street life, 1890.

Riis, 'the Bend,' 1890.

Benjamin Mather plan of Lowell, MA, 1852.

Lowell, MA c. 1832 map showing Merrimack Manufactuting Co.

Riis, street life, 1890.

Riis, "the Bend," 1890. Benjamin Mather plan of Lowell, MA, 1852. Lowell, MA c. 1832 map showing Merrimack Manufactuting Co.

Merrimack Co., Lowell, 1850.

Street in front of Mills, Lowell, MA late 19th c.

Woman mill worker, Lowell, MA.

Timetable of 'Mill Girls', Lowell.

Merrimack Co., Lowell, 1850. Street in front of Mills, Lowell, MA late 19th c.

Woman mill worker, Lowell, MA.

Timetable of 'Mill Girls', Lowell.

Lowell Offering, title page.

Manchester, NH town plan, c. 1850.

Plan of Pullman, IL, 1885.

Gary, Indiana, 1907 Plan.

Lowell Offering, title page. Manchester, NH town plan, c. 1850. Plan of Pullman, IL, 1885. Gary, Indiana, 1907 Plan.

Gary, Indiana, advertisement for Gary Land Company.

Plan of Fairfield, Alabama, 1910.

Plan of Morgan Park, MN, 1917.

Plan of Kistler, PA, 1918.

Gary, Indiana, advertisement for Gary Land Company. Plan of Fairfield, Alabama, 1910. Plan of Morgan Park, MN, 1917. Plan of Kistler, PA, 1918.

WW I Housing, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA 1918.

12-family outshouse (St. Louis, c. 1900s).
WW I Housing, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA 1918. "Housing for War Needs," Quincy, MA 1918.