UAP 2014, MIDTERM EXAM Name Emily Neal
Part I. Please answer the following questions. You do not have to write
complete sentences, but to get full credit and do well, avoid general
statements. We are looking for details that indicate you have done the
reading and attended lecture.
1. List three distinct characteristics that distinguish American cities and
suburbs from those in other industrial countries? (Jackson, Hayden,
Place Matters)
2. List three features of the walking city.
3. List 4 distinct uses of Central Park in the 1870s-90s and identify the
specific social groups that used the park in these ways.
4. List 3 technological advances that led to the birth of the modern
skyscraper.
5. List four land-uses of the high-density core of the CBD during the
industrial period
i. picturesque a. CBD/skyscrapers
ii. (neo)gothic b. Civic structures (often in
CBD)
iii. modern/Chicago School c. Churches, universities
iv. Beaux Arts/City Beautiful d. Parks, suburban enclaves
7. List four ways that mail-order and self-built suburbs (around 1900s-
1940s) were distinct from picturesque enclaves (**).
Part II. Please answer the following questions by using complete
sentences for each answer. Avoid general statements and provide
detailed information for each.
1. Compare and contrast the spatial forms, development practices and
social relations for borderlands suburbs (around 1820) and street-car
suburbs (**).
2. According to Hayden and Place Matters, new federal government
administrations and policies were created that directly shaped
