The Early Century

In an American cityscape of the early 20th century, New York display what urban evolution had temporarily produced: tall buildings and narrow streets.
Telegraphs, telephones, and electric lights suddenly made their appearance, their wires wrapping the center of the growing metropolis. New transportation systems transformed walking towns into highly mobile cities with clearly defined residential, commercial, and industrial districts. Railroads, carryng commuters and commerce, penetrated most cities. Many of them elevated trolley lines and railroads, sometimes on embankments that segmented the community. Finally, rails went underground when Boston, New York and Philadelphia built subways at the turn of the century and the automobile became king.

By Andreia