What is American pop culture Skyscrapers Public Transportation

What is American pop culture?

• Skyscrapers • Public Transportation • Public Parks • Shopping

Skyscrapers: • Electric Elevators • Steel Frames Rookery Building Chicago (1885) 10 floors

Skyscrapers:

Skyscrapers: NY Tribune Building

Skyscrapers: Larkin Building, Buffalo (1896)

Public Transportation: • Trolley Cars

Public Transportation: • Subways

Public Transportation: • New Bridges Brooklyn Bridge, NY, 1883

Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted • Central Park • Delaware Park • Buffalo Parkways http: //buffaloolmstedparks. org/

Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted

Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted Lincoln Parkway, 1905

Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted Delaware Park, 1905

Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted Delaware Avenue, 1905

Shopping: • Department Stores Macy’s, Herald Square, NY

• Baseball • Football • Basketball

Baseball

Football College Football: almost banned in early 1900 s because of 33 deaths on the field in 1908.

Basketball James Naismith, 1891

• American Pop Music • Vaudeville Variety Shows

American Pop Music John Phillip Sousa Marches (Military Music)

American Pop Music Scott Joplin Ragtime

Vaudeville Variety Shows • Singers • Dancers • Music • Acrobats • Comedians

Vaudeville Variety Shows The Marx Brothers

Vaudeville Variety Shows Abbot & Costello

Vaudeville Variety Shows The Three Stooges

Vaudeville Variety Shows Laurel & Hardy