Modern Cities

Modern City CharacteristicsCities continue to grow in the 20th century

As city centers grew and property values increased people started to move outside the city into the suburbs.

Cities, services and infrastructure improved.

Draw a picture of Portland

Downtown Portland

http://z.about.com/d/gaytravel/1/0/A/5/-/-/Downtown_Skyline.jpg

Wells Fargo Center

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Portland_Wells_Fargo_Center.jpg

http://thingsaboutportlandthatsuck.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/bigpink.jpg

Modern City Centers

• Financial buildings dominates the city center• Government buildings still located in the

center• High density• Property value is high

Suburbs

• People moved to suburbs to find affordable housing

• Business start to move to the suburbs• Cities continue to grow and expand

Portland Metro

http://www.missionportland.org/images/map-portland-metro.jpg

Business in the suburbs

Chicago

http://www.chicagoinfocenter.com/chicagoaerialhigh876x548.jpg

Chicago

http://freelargephotos.com/000560_s.jpg

Paris Downtown

Paris Map

Paris Map 2

http://www.devinci.fr/ri/incoming/Liens/paris.gif

Transportation

• Transportation can shape the layout of a city.• Freeways compared to Mass Transit

L.A. Traffic

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L.A.

http://aquafornia.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/los-angeles-aerial-bor.jpg

Max Line

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_flkZlu05zaA/RtWVskOAe3I/AAAAAAAAACQ/XQY8MbXS5uo/s400/portlandmax_screenshot2.png

http://world.nycsubway.org/us/portland/max-futuremap.html

Chicago L

Waterfront Park

http://pro.corbis.com/images/PS006682.jpg?size=67&uid={B041EA53-8803-4659-A53C-4B0CA8D87BC6}

Gathering Point

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/us/politics/19campaign.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=obama%20Portland&st=cse

http://z.about.com/d/gaytravel/1/0/A/5/-/-/Downtown_Skyline.jpg

Other events

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