Commercial & Industrial Cities

Urban Form

The Commercial City

Basis of economy – commerce

Size & shape tied to dominant form of transportation – walking

Class pyramid reflected in residential pattern

Sjoberg’s Model of the Preindustrial City

Definition of prime real estate tied to issues of mobility

* mobility

* valued functions

Elite

Middle-income

Poor

Preindustrial City, cont.:

Residential organization – social structure

1. Wealthy in the center – poor on the periphery

AND/OR

2. Poor located in alleyways or service areas

Preindustrial City, cont.:

AND/OR3. Socially mixed but occupationally

specific areas

Example: (Neighborhood in Milwaukee associated with specific product?)

Why? Sociospatial organization = Walking City

Restructuring of a City

Industrial City (1875-1920) Tremendous Growth:

Multiplier Effect

New Building Technologies

Mass Market of Housing – Real Estate Developers

“New Immigrants”

Eastern Europe – Polish & Slavic Peasants (1880-1920)

Southern Europe – Italian agriculturalist

Central Business District

Skyscraper* steel frame

*elevator

Mass Market of Housing

Balloon Frame Construction – Workers Cottage

Rise of Real Estate Developer

Real Estate Developer cont.

S.E. Gross – ‘Friend of the Working Man’

Townhouses

Apartments – ‘French Flats’

Streetcar Suburbs