Chrysler Building and Other Skyscrapers

Chrysler Building and Other Skyscrapers

Populated cities and technologically overgrown areas are formed from the times in which American citizens took part in urbanism. This period is widely known as the progressive era, this era included a massive amount of people moving to urban areas in thought to...
Jacob Riis “Sleeping Quarters”

Jacob Riis “Sleeping Quarters”

This photograph, titled “Sleeping Quarters”, was taken in 1905 by Jacob Riis, a social reformer who exposed the harsh living conditions of immigrants residing in New York City during the early 1900s and inspired urban reform. During the late 1800s, America experienced...