Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

The Making Of Urban Places > Civic Improvement And The City Beautiful > Flashcards

Civic Improvement And The City Beautiful Flashcards

1
Q

Haussmann style and strategy

A 
Paris mid 1800’s 
Style harsh 
Demolition for urban renewal 
Cutting new streets to open up centre 
Open up suburbs 
Regulate streets and add monuments
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Haussmann tactics

A

Predominantly private sector
State purchases land to construct infrastructure
State controls building lines, regulated uniformity
Increase housing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Demolition in London

A

Unregulated driven by street improvements
Over 1000 families displaced in Holborn
Prestige thoroughfares replacing
No rehousing provisions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Edinburgh

A

Slum clearance
Used as public health device
Profit was most important

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Improvement acts

A

Torrens housing act 1868

Allowed demolition but not replacement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Problems

A 
No requirement to re house 
New housing intended wot superior working classes 
No representation of slum residents 
Representation limited of middle class
Rents high 
Beneficiaries were often landlords
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Broader assessment

A 
Improved health and housing but aimed at moral uplift of working class 
Social welfare recognised but narrowing of political sphere
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Back to the future?

A 
Housing market renewal 
Demolition programmes of inner city terraces 
Community opposition 
Gentrification 
Mixed communities 
Dependent of private sector investment
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

The city beautiful relationships?

A

Between the city and the citizen

Between public and private spaces

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

How is behaviour shaped?

A

The state and municipal authority

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

How was Dallas described?

A

A city in the making

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Origins

A

Sanitariums
Reclaiming the slums
Chicago- fires, disease and violence
Moral environmentalism- for people to appreciate there city and therefore be good citizens

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Two theorists

A

Fredrick Law Olmsted

Baron Haussmann

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Fredrick Law Olmsted?

A

Provision of large scale urban green-space in step with urban expansion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Baron Haussmann?

A

The provision of major traffic arteries and regulate private development

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What were the local scale improvement organisations

A

Village improvement societies

17
Q

Examples of things village improvement societies do?

A 
Neat sidewalks 
Planting trees 
Well kept lawns 
Cemetery maintenance 
Litter bins 
Lighting
18
Q

Chicago and the state?

A

1871 Great fire resulting in 100,000 homeless
Expansion of state power to inspect and regulate buildings and restrict uses of private property
Maps of living conditions- emergence of public health

19
Q

The great civic awakening

A

Carefully designed public spaces would strengthen democracy and articulate collective values
Express of town pride
Personal responsibility

20
Q

Example of civic awakening

A

Montclair, NJ

School children picking up litter to ensure habits of ‘neatness, pride and patriotism’

21
Q

Order from chaos?

A

Resolving the upheaval of mass immigration and a means to ‘Americanisation’ ‘unity’ ‘civic consciousness’
Social harmony and standards for appropriate behaviour in the modern city

22
Q

Key elements of unity?

A

Large scale Classical Renaissance design
Municipal art
Civic centre and monumental architecture
Aesthetics, safety and sanitation

23
Q

Examples of city beautiful?

A

McMillan plan for Washington-1902
The White city of Chicago Colombian Exposition- 1904
Olmsted’s plan for Detroit- 1905

24
Q

Plan for Chicago?

A

Burnham and Bennett 1909
Interconnected entity of buildings, roads and green space
Removal of heavy industry from the city core replaced by consumer oriented- leisure activities
Relocation of major rail lines to underground

25
Q

Municipal authority in Chicago?

A

State intervention in the real estate market
Regulation of design and construction of buildings
Power to take private property
Zoning regulations

26
Q

Police powers in municipal authority?

A

Power to regulate or seize private property threatening public welfare- nuisance laws regulating tenement housing

27
Q

Advantages of the city beautiful?

A

Enhances urban commerce
Increase property values
Tourism
Fredrick Law Olmsted senior- civic boosterism
Consumption over production
Assuring safety through effective policing

28
Q

The aristocratic City

A

No housing for workers
Working classes can enjoy the beauty of the parks and monuments but would reside on the city edges
The department store- Burnhams vision
Moving women from domestic sphere to retail employment

29
Q

Criticism of city beautiful

A

Civic vanity
Gigantic costs
City should be practical, liveable and sensible above beautiful

30
Q

City practical

A

John Nolan’s plan for Montclair- not approached superficially but conveniently and utility
From aesthetic led to functionalist driving

31
Q

Relationship between beauty and utility

A

Beautility

The Making Of Urban Places (11 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions