Burnham Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

What year was Chicago incorporated into a town? - ️️1833 When did the Colombian Exposition take place? - ️️1893 Daniel H. Burnham promised to build a building higher than what other building? - ️️Eiffel Tower Who designed the Ferris Wheel? - ️️George Ferris How much did the fair cost? - ️️$19,000,000. Which movement was started as a result of the World's Fair? - ️️The City Beautiful Movement. Which two buildings were kept after the fair? - ️️The Mus...

McMillan Plan 1901, Plan Utilizing city Beautiful concepts, civic centers and parks. Plan for Washington DC. Joined civic vision of architects for the city core with park system planning at its periphery for 1st time, Daniel Burnham involved (chair), w/ Olmsted Jr. assisting. 1st local civic center plan 1903, Cleveland, OH. Daniel Bunrham, John Correre, Arnold Brunner responsible. Cincinnati Plan 1925, 1st major city to adopt a comprehensive plan. Produced by Alfred Bettman and ...

Jacob Riis Reformer and photographer, wrote "How the Other Half Lives" (1890) Land Ordinance of 1785 Provided for the rectangular land survey of the Old Northwest. The rectangular survey has been called "the largest single act of national planning in our history and ... the most significant in terms of continuing impact on the body politic." Adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase tit...

1. Loyola Lake Shore campus (Sheridan/ Devon) TO DePaul Lincoln Park campus (Fullerton/ Sheffield) Correct Answer Sheridan S, Broadway S, Halsted S, location (POI 2. O'Hare TO Navy Pier (Grand/LSD) Correct Answer I-190, I-90 E, I-90/94 E, Ohio E, Fairbanks S, Illinois E, location (POI Best Western River North) 6. O'Hare TO Northwestern University Evanston campus (Clark/Chicago st) Correct Answer I-190, I-294 N, Dempster E, Sheridan N, location (POI Lutheran General Hospital) 7. Printe...

 This is a graded discussion: 100 points possible due Mar 15 at 8:59pm Module 9 Market Efkciency and Market Failures 29 74 Discussion Select & Explore Can you believe we are in our final summit session? This final summit revolves around the concept of elasticity of demand and its affect on consumers (you)! For this discussion, please investigate an industry market failure that has occurred within the last 10- years in the U.S. Identify th...

NCTJ Public Affairs Exam With Verified Solutions Local government - types of council 201 District councils (e.g. North Devon District Council) 27 County councils (e.g. Devon County Council) 55 Unitary authorities (e.g. Cornwall) 36 Metropolitan districts (e.g. Salford City Council) 32 London boroughs (E.g. Camden Council) +2 (City of London and Isles of Scilly) 353 major councils in England (excluding Parish/ Town councils - there are 9,000/ 10,000 of them) Two-tier authority ...

APUSH AMSCO Chapter 18 (2023/2024) 100% Pass Columbian Exposition Held in 1893 in the city of Chicago, it's purpose was to display the White City's downtown area and the fairgrounds along with the progress of American civilization such as new industrial technologies. "old" immigrants The majority of them arrived before 1880 and they came almost exclusively from Western Europe and the British Isles. They had a high level of literacy and occupational skills. "new" immigrants The majority o...

AICP Exam Prep – History With Updated Questions and Answers (A+ 100% Correct) 1909 in Washington, D.C. - CORRECT ANSWER-When and where was the first national planning conference, National Conference on City Planning and Congestion Relief, held? 1909 in Harvard's Landscape Architecture Department - CORRECT ANSWER-When and in what school was the first city planning course taught? Walter Moody in 1912 - CORRECT ANSWER-Who published 'Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago' ? Chicago Board ...

Evaluate the view that the case for further english devolution is overdue. PARA 1 - P1 - metro mayors. There are 9 metro mayors and a 1 additional combined authorities without mayors and one Cornwall 'unitary authority with devolution'. A metro mayor oversees a combined authority, that is many councils come under this mayor such as the West of England and is given more powers. Including Greater London, 41% of England's population (representing 43% of economic output but just 14% of land ...

Should the UK have a codified constitution? - A codified constitution protects the rights of the people which can easily be taken away by the sovereign parliament (in 2015 the ECHR ruled in favour of the 1000 prisoners who appealed their right to vote, however, the UK government refused to comply) /An un-codified constitution is more flexible and can adapt to change, which is vital as the needs of the country are constantly changing, creating competing rights. Plus, rights in the UK are prot...