GEO 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Machinist, Bronx River Parkway, Auto Racing
6 Dec 2016
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Most residents were native-born whites; white-collar or skilled blue-collar jobs. Foreign-born population a major destination for immigrants. Foreign-born whites and their children: 45% of population; german-, irish-, and slovak- Grid with narrow lots, vertical two-and-one-half-story houses. Little land set aside for public uses. Two different elite neighborhoods: a series of middle-class areas. Less affluent singles and childless couples: ethnic, working-class urban village. Cleveland doubles); back houses arranged to be largely unseen from the street: village home builders. Front door gave access only to one apartment, two side entrances opened onto the remaining units. Interior arrangements varied: three to eight units of small, two-room, cold- water flats. Jackson, k. the new age of automobility. 1898: one automobile in operation for every 18,000 americans: a hybrid creation secured by crossing a bike with a buggy and installing in the product a noisy, sputtering little engine. Horseless carriage is older than the streetcar. 1860: etienne lenoir produced a crude prototype of an automobile.
