The document discusses New York City during the Great Depression and early 20th century. It describes how the Depression impacted the city with job losses and people living in shantytowns. It discusses Mayor James Walker's mismanagement and Robert Moses' impact on infrastructure projects. The 1935 Harlem race riots are also summarized, which broke out over police brutality and left many injured.

1. New York CityBy: Courtney Grace

2. City of TomorrowThe Great Depression:(1930s)World wide economic downturn starting in 1929Historians date it off the day the stock markets crashed on Oct. 29 1929International trade plunged by half to two-thirds, as did personal income, tax revenue, prices and profits Heavy industry plunged Those who had no place to live ended up living in HovervillsConstruction: mostly stopped Farms: and rural areas suffered because crop prices dropped about 60%Mining and lodging hurt the most from this depressionThe depression ended at different times depending on the country Most countries had relief programs set up to support them through this rough time

3. City of TomorrowJames J. Walker:Mayor of New York City 1925-1932He used to walk into his office and see a pile of mail, ask if there was any checks in there and if the reply was “no” he would throw the mail off his desk. He had many affairs with ‘Chorus Girls’ and finally left his wife for a showgirl, Betty Compton He won re-election 1929 He was denounced by Hayes for immortality on a personal account and political account

4. City of TomorrowRobert Moses:Civil servantBuilt the first state park system and the first system of state highwaysHis works remain extremely controversialHis career is summed up by his sayings "cities are for traffic" and "if the ends don't justify the means, what does?".

5. City of TomorrowHarlem and the Riots:1st race riot of 1935All started because of a rumor about a teenager shoplifter who was beat3 people died, hundreds were injured and approximately 2 million dollars worth of damage was done to the propertiesSome stores posted signs that read "COLORED STORE" or "COLORED HELP EMPLOYED HERE"

6. Sunshine and ShadowThe Panic of 1873:Was the start of the DepressionThe bankruptcy of the Philadelphia banking firmAn outbreak of equine influenza in 1872 had a pervasive effect on the economy The Vienna stock exchange crash Price of silver depressed Closed the stock exchange

7. Sunshine and ShadowThe Panic of 1873 cont..Homeless population grew. Police stations opened up there doors for people to stayProtests rallied with a series of demandsTons of people went without jobs. Without jobs no one had any money. Without any money people could not buy anything and that cause many businesses to closeThe Brooklyn tower was completedSet the stage of one of the most traumatic transitions for historic timesWall street Banker- John Morgan who master mined the re birth of America. He wanted order to cure this depression. He believed in rules no matter the chaos.

8. Sunshine and ShadowThe Brooklyn Bridge:Built at the harbor to show everyone the old world and the new worldElectricity was added to the bridge 5 days before the opening daysMarks the beginning of the ‘vertical city’ because of the steel May 24, 1883 known as the ‘peoples day’ is the day the bridge opened. It was seen as an ‘anit-Irish’ day

9. A Merger That Puts New York On Top“New York, the unrivaled capital of the old American national industrial economy, will dominate the new American global information economy “It is up the the west coast to make this decisionTo have successful city, was to have a successful leader in order to create ways to dominate the economyTwo examples: the building of the Erie Canal (New York gained control of the exports of the U.S.) and “Triangle Trade” (allowed New York to control the cotton trade between the South and England)AOL has what New York needs AOL-Time Warner merger for rival media and Internet companies Mark Clough believes, “it will only be a matter of time before New York will end, once and for all, the debate about which city will emerge as the ‘capital of the next American century’."

10. The City in the Land of the DollarThe cities in the United States are known because each has its distinctive lookThere look it known to be because of: “their history of rapid growth, the predominance of business rather than government, American cities are “free for alls” with mismatch color schemes and shapes. Some small and some large or even some with large parking lots and others with parking garages the cultural ideal of the private house, and the relentless rush of the automobile.”American cities have long streets and in the downtown region have tall commercial buildings set apart from neighborhoodsAnd on the other hand, Paris, has buildings in uniform color and ‘scaled focused upon public squares and monument’

11. The City In The Land of The DollarChicago:The fastest growing city in the United States and best known for the raw energy“Chicago as a city of factories, granaries, and slaughterhouses that grew rapidly thanks to its location at the center of the Great Lakes and the nation’s railroad network”Its means were to be given the image of European capital, Paris.