U.S. Urban History

History 304/504

 

J. Mark Souther, Ph.D.
Rhodes Tower 1904
Department of History
Cleveland State University
Spring Semester 2007

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Project Topic List
Descriptions of each project topic

Project Topic List with Relevant Oral Histories
Your quick guide to finding which interviews to use in InterClipper; use this first, then the time log below to determine what material you need to access in InterClipper

Oral History Time LogIncludes interviews in InterClipper AND many more that are available for listening upon requestsome also have transcripts available

Other Interesting Links

Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing (NEOCANDO)Source for demographic statistics & interactive maps

The History of Riverside
Interactive site about Riverside, Illinois, a 19th-century planned suburb

Curating the City: Wilshire Blvd.
Interactive tour of L.A.'s famous street

Images of Empire State PlazaOne of the most famous urban renewal projects, located in Albany, NY

Index of Art Historical SitesLots of great images of modernist architecture of the urban renewal period, among other styles

"Annals of Commerce: The Terrazzo Jungle," by Malcolm Gladwell
Great article on Victor Gruen, inventor of the modern shopping mall, in New Yorker, March 15, 2004

Reston Historic Trust & Storefront Museum of Suburban History
Nice photos, watercolor renderings, and schematics of one of the leading suburban new-town communities of the 1960s


The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
Interactive tours of Detroit after deindustrialization, focusing on its built environment















This image from Peaceful Shaker Village, a late-1920s promotional booklet for the planned Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Shaker Heights, shows fanciful houses in the clouds, ostensibly linked to downtown Cleveland as symbolized by the Terminal Tower. It suggests a hopeful vision of an urban future in which downtown and suburb could coexist harmoniouslya vision which proved illusive.