New York City experienced major changes in the early 20th century as it transitioned from a trading post to the economic capital of the world. The Great Depression devastated the city in the 1930s, but Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia helped rebuild infrastructure and end corruption. Racial segregation also increased during this era, damaging black communities. The construction of iconic skyscrapers like the Empire State Building symbolized New York's continued growth despite economic hardships.

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3. Over the course of 300 yrs NYC started as a trading post and became the economic capital of the world.

4. The Great Depression in the early 1930's resulted in house evictions, encampments, broke banks, suicides, breadlines, and “Hoover Villes”

5. Hoover villes, named after President at the time Herbert Hoover, were shanytowns by the east river, the hudson, and central park.

6. Major Industries were collapsing.

7. Women and children sorted through trash for food.

8. 1931-1933 paralyed city of meeting the

9. hope of the 20th century

11. Person of the people serving 3 terms.

12. Mayor of New Yorkat its worst time.

13. Changed the city governemnt, reestablished merit employment in place of patronage jobs, built city structures, parks, airports, and even cleaned up the corruption in the police force.

14. Left NYC with infrastructure, and raised expectations of new levels of urban possibility.

15. LaGuardia's public works were cut short when resources were used towards the arrival of the war and expenses were no longer for city construction but for the military.

17. Banks create standards when providing home loans & housing value drops.

18. Redlines: city & state ratings of communities create racial segregation. -Damaged black communities - Harlem becomes racial slum by the 50's & 60's

20. American economy was at a high as morals loosened, trends changed in fashion, alcohol cost was at a low, and New York was the skyscraper capital and center of the entertainment world.

21. People began to abuse the benefits of 1920's, leading to The Stock Market Crash on October 29, 1929 or “Black Tuesday.”

22. After the market crashed, panic spread and The Great Depression rolled over to the new decade of the 1930's.

24. 102 stories

25. 57,000 tons of steel

26. 13 months to construct

27. Nicknamed: “Empty Space building” because it was built on the outskirts of the business & financial districts; districts where the money was.

28. By the 1950's it began to bring profit and became a tourist attraction with its city site overlook.

30. Owned by Walter P. Chrysler.

31. Headquarters of the Chrysler Corporation in the 1930's till the 1950's.

32. 77 stories

33. One of America's favorite buildings of all time.

35. By 1924 Harlem city had became the capital of African Americans, the start of the Harlem Renaissance.

36. Multiculturalism was happening amongst Blacks & Whites, embracing one anothers art,dance, li terature and music.

37. Famous Jazz composers such as Louis Armstrong: trumpeter, cornet player, and singer; Duke Ellington: Composer and Pianist & Benny Goodman: “The King of Swing”

38. The Jazz Era may have ended in 1930 but helped generate a cultural shift.

40. This merge assured New Yorks position of Global &Eeconomic Prominence over the West Coast.

41. New York had (2) advantages to dominate the future of national economy: Growing Capital Markets & Port Location.

42. - The Erie Canal: built to control exports between Europe and U.S.

43. - “Triangle Trade” commercial interests to control cotton trade between The South and England.

44. NY, Boston, & Philadelphia battle to emerge as the “Commercial Capital of the Next American Century.”

45. During the late 19 th century The Discoveries of Electricity,Tthe Telephone, Motion Pictures, Wireless Radio & Television solidify New Yorks hegemony in terms of economy.

46. New Yorks advantages may run short as the digital-Internet Revolution creates new industries & sources of wealth and nature of the economy.

47. “ The City in the Land of the Dollar” City Beautiful Architect, professor, and writer,Witold Rybczynski, states that every city is unique and explains how America came to be. The Great Fire of 1871 in Chicago, destroyed everything, igniting the rebirth of Chicago as the“City of the Future.” “ City Beautiful”was a movement most associated with Chicago, Detroit, and Washington D.C. Architects' wanted to incorporate beauty and monumental grandeur to cities with a major influence from Paris, France. Originated from the slogan for an urban improvement campaign in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

49. In 1923 Building Codes were initiated, guiding city development and regulating urban development.

50. North Michigan Avenue was the site of the worlds tallest structures including John Mead Howell and Raymond Hood's 450 ft high Tribune Tower, which won an international competition.

51. The introduction of elevators revolutionized building structures to be vertical, reducing urban clutter.

52. Following the Civil War, business skyrocketed & the construct of railroads helped Chicago and other cities industrialize and expand economically.

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