Smithsonian American Art Museum

The New Deal: Artists Have To Eat Too

Image Source – Smithsonian American Art Museum In 1933, the American economy was in utter turmoil. The Great Depression was raging after the stock market crash of 1929, and close to 25% of Americans were unemployed. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, he immediately set to work. Roosevelt’s administration created “The New Deal” which…

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Broadacre City - Shinya Suzuki

Broadacre City: Democracy in City Form

Image Source – Shinya Suzuki Living through the Depression Era in full effect, Frank Lloyd Wright reimagined city life in a way that would allow its residents to truly survive. Based on the automobile, Broadacre City was a new, democratic city that focused on the growth of the individual. “[A] city is not an arrangement…

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