JAZZ AGE 1900-1929

1900 Ragtime Era & Jazz Age. |
The history of New York City in the beginning of the 20th Century began with consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898. |
1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president. |
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1902 Flatiron Building is built. Macy’s becomes "largest store on Earth". Met Museum moves to present location. |
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1900-15 Early Bohemia in Greenwich Village. |
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1904 Subway opens. Times Square gets named. General Slocum disaster |
Underground subway opens. Times Square gets named.
General Slocum disaster.
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1906 Stanford White killed |
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1909 Manhattan Bridge. Met Life Tower |
Met Life Tower
Manhattan Bridge
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1911 New York Public Library |
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1913 Woolworth Building. Grand Central Terminal |
Woolworth Building
Grand Central Terminal
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1916 Zoning Resolution passed. |
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1920 Wall Street Bombing. Start of Prohibition. |
Start of Prohibition.
(http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties) |
1923 Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age |
(http://www.pbs.org/jazz/places/places_new_york.htm New York: America's Jazz Capitol Primarily excerpted from Jazz: A History of America's Music, with contributions by Loren Schoenberg, Jazz Historian) (PBS.org Savoy Ballroom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) |
1926 James Walker becomes mayor. |
(http://nymag.com/ Hizzoner’s Disgrace! Crusading judge wipes smile off Jimmy Walker’s face. By Jonathan Mahler Published Apr 1, 2012) |
1929 Wall Street crash. |
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1930, 31 Chrysler Building. Empire State Building. |
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