Strip District History

Ouray’s Red Light District reached its peak between the 1880s and 1890s. During this period, the district incorporated three city blocks, and included brothels, gambling dens, and dancehalls. During their heyday, approximately over 100 girls were working as prostitutes (Gensmer, 2012:20-21; Gregory, 1982:4-5; Horobik, 2011:19; Smith, 2003:55-56). However, by 1916 America’s Temperance movement had spread to Colorado. At this time, the state passed a prohibition law closing all saloons. Even though illegal places may have existed, the golden days of Ouray’s Red Light Districts had passed (Gensmer, 2012:22-23; Horobik, 2011:20; Smith, 2003:86).

Shortly after the revolutionary war, the small town of Pittsborough, then renamed Pittsburgh began to develop into a very important center, specializing in trading and industry. The convenience of natural resources and technological advancement has ranked Pittsburgh as one of the leading industrial cities in the United States in the past. Historically, the city of Pittsburgh has created numerous manufacturing plants responsible for producing steel, iron, and other products for the U.S. economy that still exist today. The Encyclopedia Britannica explains Pittsburgh's economic might during this period:

Trouble begun to stir when the new comers needed jobs, and the taxes along with the amount of space changed drastically. The amount of disgrace bestowed upon the points came across clearly from Amsterdam’s perspective. He saw the filth and hatred, yet he stayed and battles because it was his land and he had the right. Similarly, “Mag’s trademark was her ability to bite of rowdy customers, and she displayed these anatomical trophies in a pickle jar up on the back bar.”(Slayton 19), the influent loons who had lived in the era and were historical characters were present through Amsterdam’s life as well. Though after ruckus upturned by the gangs, street names were changed and Little Water Street was deleted, in order to clear the slum and undergo the demolition of a “shameful” part of history. "That the place known as "Five points" has long been notorious... as being the nursery where every species of vice is conceived and matured; that it is infested by a class of the most abandoned and desperate character.... In conclusion your Committee remark, that this hot–bed of infamy, this modern Sodom, is situated in the very heart of your City, and near the centre of business and of respectable population.... Remove this nucleus—scatter its present population over a larger surface—throw open this part of your city to the enterprise of active and respectable men, and you will have effected much for which good men will be grateful." (Board of Assistant Aldermen

Pittsville was known as the Strawberry Capital of the world because of a man named John Raymond Sheppard. Strawberries were grown like crazy in this town which attracted many people from all over. There were 602 people that lived in this little town in 1990, 1,182 in 2000, and 1,417 in 2010. Along with Pittsville was Willards, also incorporated in 1906. Willards didn’t have as big as a population as Pittsville. In 1990 there were about 708 people, 2000 was 938, and 2010 was 958. These small towns are located right beside each other between Salisbury and Ocean City Maryland. Willards was named after the Railroad Official Willard

First a little back ground as to what this store was all about. The first store was located in downtown Pittsburgh. He had one guy working for him. The store specialized

Interestingly enough, fourteen miles up the valley, South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, was set in the mountains and was a popular summer destination for the wealthy of Pittsburgh. At the time, Pittsburgh was ages ahead of the little town of Johnstown comparatively. The wealthy, including Andrew Carnegie, even had a home at the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which was ideal for escaping

Penn is a great man who affects the city of Philadelphia in many aspects. First, he bought three major land which consists the main body of Philadelphia, the waterfront and south county. And buildings were built along the Delaware river. It was also he advertise Philadelphia to European and attract more population move there. He also determined the basic layout of the city, the “gird” (Philadelphia History Channel, n.d.) Such a brand-new design was a great attempt in the new world of America while the capital city of his motherland, London had been overcrowded and caught on fire in 1666, the Great Fire of London. This design become the most influential planning pattern in the American colonies and affected many other cities’ design in the world.

Out of all 27 congressional districts in New York I chose the fifth congressional district of New York. For ten years, from 2003 to 2013, the fifth district included less of the northwestern Nassau County, and a lot of northeastern Queens County. The Queens section of the district consisted of the areas of: Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the district included: Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, Albertson, Great Neck, and Sands Point.

It was originally a narrow corridor from 22nd to the 31st street but expanded over time and stretched to 39th to 95th. One of the reasons that these kinds of neighborhoods were growing was that after world war II when most of the veterans left and there were lots of job openings for poor black families looking for a better life in the north. Most of the damage was in the blackbelt, leaving over 1,000 homeless. Some homes that were not in the blackbelt where bound in a contract that made it illegal to buy or rent to a black person. The overcrowding in these neighborhoods were so great that landlords had to split the apartments up into kitchenettes which were small rooms that were sold at astronomically high prices for mini apartments with many seemingly staple features in a house such as bathrooms and heating, some families had to resort to unorthodox solutions for heating.some used kerosene lamps instead,while others improvised ovens and stoves which caused approximately 751 fires, lots of them fatal. Some other things that plagued these neighborhoods were rats, this is shown in raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry when Travis and his friends kill a rat “big as a cat” Rats were reported to go after children when they were asleep, attacking them. Lots of them were wounded, sometimes even killed.Despite building codes and the plentiful dangers that comes with these kitchenettes, landlords were not often charged for these crimes. Compared to the white neighborhoods, the blackbelt was trash, and this is largely because of

Running from west Pershing Road, around south Western Avenue, west Garfield Boulevard, and ending at the intersection with south Halsted Street and west Pershing Road lies the neighborhood, New City, also known as the Back of the Yards. Canaryville is also another neighborhood that lies within New City.

excellent example of a railroad strip town. Some of the historic landmarks include 1927 Twin

In the mid 1800’s, Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood began growing and eventually grew into a fully developed thriving business district during the 1900’s. The country’s first oil refinery was chartered in East Liberty in 1868, and this company served as a model for other oil companies for years to come. With an increase in industry and business, East Liberty soon became the third largest business district in Pennsylvania. Despite this growth, The Great Depression unsurprisingly hit East Liberty, along with the rest of the country. Many of the thriving

There are many challenges one can face when writing and directing a movie, this task becomes significantly harder when the film is going to be an adaptation. One major challenge that is faced when adapting an ancient play into modern times is to achieve the perfect amount of intertextuality. Spike Lee was able to put into Chi-Raq the perfect amount of modern day application by setting the movie in modern day red district Chicago. He also is able to add the correct amount of the original Lysistrata by using it as the main character’s name as well as having the entire movie in verse. Another aspect that is challenging to make in an adaptation is to choose the correct issue to try and inform the public on. Spike Lee could have chosen the amount of fighting that happens in an actual declared war zone, but he chose to have the movie be set in modern day Chicago with a pertinence to educate people on what happens in their country. Even though intertextuality is a large difficulty that is faced when adapting a film there is also the reception of audience to take into thought.

Fast forward 200 or so years to the 1800’s , the first permanent modern settlement known as Anacostia’s Historic District was created. Approximately 20 squares in Southeast DC, Anacostia’s Historic District otherwise known as Uniontown became the first suburb in DC. Uniontown is unique because it was designed to be a financially affordable neighborhood for middle class workers employed at the Navy Yard, across the river. Houses were built out of wood frame construction inspired by the Queen Anne style cottage homes. At the time in 1854, the sale, rental or lease of homes to African Americans in Anacostia was prohibited. Anacostia remained home to predominately white European Natives until the Great Migration of southern African Americans

The Hill District: The Hill District is a historic African American collection of neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Many Pittsburghers refer to it as “The Hill”. August Wilson was raised in The Hill district until his family moved to Hazelwood, which consisted of mostly white people. The Hill District was the setting for nine of the plays in August Wilson’s 10- play Pittsburgh Cycle.