Boston
Photo:
It was very hard to narrow down my selection of photographs. Below are a few others I would have liked to include:
Aerial View II (note the order of the houses, trees and parking lot, uniform in design)
Marble competition on Boston Common (reminiscent of the games played on the boulevards of Paris in the 19th C)
A great composition including Trinity Church and showing the uptake in automobiles, from Copley Square
Custom House in the snow
Video:
Some short black & white clips: Boston at the Movies: First Films of the City 1901-1905
A video guide to Modern Boston
A very brief insight into trade and commerce in 19th C Boston
More on Amelia Earhart’s life in aviation: 1897-1937
A history of the Boston Red Sox
Reading:
Some facts & figures
Boston’s ”firsts”
An interesting Map of Boston’s ‘Emerald Necklace‘ i.e. the chain parks linked by waterways and parkways
Related Blogs From The Class:
Baseball and Modernity in Boston
Exhibitions, the Spectacle and the City
New York
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Reading:
Related Blogs From The Class:
Establishment of the Subway in NYC
Cork
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Related Blogs From The Class:
Pittsburgh
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWE4WjO8ehs
A short video which gives a brief history of the Oaks Theater and illustrates the importance of the Oaks Theater within the community.
Related Blogs From The Class:
Montréal, Canada
Photo:
Photos in order of appearance in the blog post
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/CarteDuTunnelMontRoyal.jpg?uselang=fr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesmontreal/4058512821/in/set-72157622889270595#
Clegg, Anthony. The Mount Royal Tunnel. Montreal, Railfare Books, 2008 (1re éd. 1963).
http://www.ville.mont-royal.qc.ca/fileadmin/images/thematiques/28_photo-2_1924.JPG
https://www.flickr.com/photos/djipibi/5190348945/in/pool-montrealfromsky
The photos on Flickr’s website come from the Archive of the Town of Mount Royal or the City of Montréal
Video:
French speaking interview about the Mount Royal tunnel. Interesting video by its photos. Mario Robert explains the History of the tunnel and also that other tunnels were planned (such as an highway North/South and East/West). Another information, the beginning of the tunnel in downtown Montréal is now located under Place Ville Marie (a notable skyscraper of Montréal)
Reading:
Reading about Mount Royal tunnel:
http://www.infrastructures.com/0201/royal.htm
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2014/01/27/le-tunnel-sous-le-mont-royal-1912/
http://www.ville.mont-royal.qc.ca/index.php?id=28
http://www.ville.mont-royal.qc.ca/index.php?id=712
Reading about Garden city model:
http://discoveringurbanism.blogspot.ie/2009/06/ebenezer-howards-garden-city-concept.html
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu/DOCS/howard.htm
Related Blogs From The Class:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Photo:
http://www.nevsky-prospekt.com/postcards/vintagepostcards.html – Vintage postcards of Saint Petersburg circa late 19th and early 20th century – A very interesting array of images!
http://stpetersburg.berkeley.edu/olga/olga_splash.html – A great collection of photographs illustrating certain significant buildings and stores on the Nevsky Prospect circa the early 20th century.
Video:
Russia’s History Revealed: http://www.saxonia-entertainment.de/en/non_fiction/dokus/produktion/show/russland-mein-schicksal.html
– A light but very interesting 4 – part documentary of the history of Russia. (Part 1 specifically relates to Saint Petersburg)
Reading:
http://saint-petersburg-russia.org/st-petersburg-19th-century/ – Great link for explore the history of Saint Petersburg during the 19th century.
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/ – A general synopsis of Saint Petersburg’s history.
http://www.russian4foreigners.spbu.ru/node/120 – Interesting outsiders perspective of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/1905-07.asp – Early 20th century history website.
http://www.nevsky-prospekt.com/home.html – A very interesting and in depth history of the Nevsky Prospect.
Drawing From The Archives 
