Iron, Engineers, and Urbanization
Publication: Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 99, Issue 2
Abstract
Remains of the cast-iron age are easily found in present day cities although progress has served to erase many of them from existence. In the old sections of the downtowns, one is likely to find cast-iron front buildings—some left in quiet anonymity and others repainted in polychrome. The successes of the 18th century restorations have been widely publicized, so much so that in other historical areas of the country, well-meaning city fathers seek to mold their cities into this idyllic form. This emphasis on the 18th century serves only to further romanticize life two centuries ago while desecrating the memory of the more recent industrial past. In looking at present day cities, one should want to perceive the continuum from the origins of the city to modern times—not solely the worshipped remains of the early years among brand new structures.
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Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 99 • Issue 2 • April 1973
Pages: 179 - 195
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© 1973 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Apr 1973
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Aging (material)
- Buildings
- Business districts
- Business management
- Cast iron
- Chemical compounds
- Chemicals
- Chemistry
- Deterioration
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Environmental engineering
- Health hazards
- Historic sites
- History and Heritage
- Infrastructure
- Iron (material)
- Iron compounds
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Metals (material)
- Practice and Profession
- Public administration
- Public health and safety
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
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