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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 479 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm. Notes; Exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 12-Aug. 29, 1993. Companion volume to: Chicago architecture, (1872-1922). With: an exhibition organised by the Art Institute of Chicago, June 12-August 29, 1993. Includes bibliographical references and index. ContentsForeword / by James N. Wood -- Acknowledgments / by John Zukowsky -- Introduction. The Burden of History : Chicago Architecture before and after the Great Depression and World War II / John Zukowsky -- Architecture and Infrastructure. "The Best Lighted City in the World" : The Construction of a Nocturnal Landscape in Chicago / Mark J. Bouman ; "Forever Inadequate to the Rising Stream" : Dream Cities, Automobiles, and Urban Street Mobility in Central Chicago / R. Stephen Sennott ; "All Airplanes Lead to Chicago" : Airport Planning and Design in a Midwest Metropolis / David Brodherson -- The Commercial City. The Making of the Merchandise Mart, (1927-1931) : Air Rights and the Plan of Chicago / Deborah Fulton Rau ; Light, Height, and Site : The Skyscraper in Chicago / Carol Willis ; Mies van der Rohe in America / Franz Schulze -- The City and the Suburb. Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Rosemont, and the Recentering of the Chicago Metropolitan Area / Robert Bruegmann ; The City That Shops : Chicago's Retailing Landscape / Neil Harris ; The Postwar Modern House in Chicago / Sidney K. Robinson -- Architecture and Politics. Exhihiting Progress : Italy's Contribution to the Century of Progress Exposition / Dennis P. Doordan ; The Rise of Public Housing in Chicago, (1930-1960) / Wim de Wit ; City Hall and the Architecture of Power : The Rise and Fall of the Dearborn Corridor / Ross Miller -- Design in Chicago. "To Build a Better Mousetrap" : Design in Chicago, (1920-1970) / Pauline Saliga ; Graphic Design in Chicago / Victor Margolin -- The Legacy of Chicago Arthiecture. Helmut Jahn and the Line of Succession / Ross Miller ; Chicago Architects : Genealogy and Exegesis / Stanley Tigerman -- Plates. Urban Images ; Transportation ; Institutions and Government ; Commerce and Business ; Industry ; Shopping ; Houses and Housing ; Recreation -- Catalogue / by John Zukowsky -- Biographical Glossary / by Maurice Blanks. Subjects; Chicago School of Architecture. Architecture Illinois Chicago History ; Exhibitions. Architecture Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Chicago Expositions 1993. Architecture Illinois Chicago 20e siècle ; Expositions. Architecture Illinois 20th century Chicago. Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. ; Exhibitions. Chicago Buildings, structures, etc. Architecture History. Illinois. Architecture American. Chicago : twentieth century architecture. Architecture U.S.A. Exhibitions. Architecture U.S.A. 20th century. Chicago Art Architecture. Chicago Exhibitions. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. History. Illustrated. 2 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 479 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm. Notes; Exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 12-Aug. 29, 1993. Companion volume to: Chicago architecture, (1872-1922). With: an exhibition organised by the Art Institute of Chicago, June 12-August 29, 1993. Includes bibliographical references and index. ContentsForeword / by James N. Wood -- Acknowledgments / by John Zukowsky -- Introduction. The Burden of History : Chicago Architecture before and after the Great Depression and World War II / John Zukowsky -- Architecture and Infrastructure. "The Best Lighted City in the World" : The Construction of a Nocturnal Landscape in Chicago / Mark J. Bouman ; "Forever Inadequate to the Rising Stream" : Dream Cities, Automobiles, and Urban Street Mobility in Central Chicago / R. Stephen Sennott ; "All Airplanes Lead to Chicago" : Airport Planning and Design in a Midwest Metropolis / David Brodherson -- The Commercial City. The Making of the Merchandise Mart, (1927-1931) : Air Rights and the Plan of Chicago / Deborah Fulton Rau ; Light, Height, and Site : The Skyscraper in Chicago / Carol Willis ; Mies van der Rohe in America / Franz Schulze -- The City and the Suburb. Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Rosemont, and the Recentering of the Chicago Metropolitan Area / Robert Bruegmann ; The City That Shops : Chicago's Retailing Landscape / Neil Harris ; The Postwar Modern House in Chicago / Sidney K. Robinson -- Architecture and Politics. Exhihiting Progress : Italy's Contribution to the Century of Progress Exposition / Dennis P. Doordan ; The Rise of Public Housing in Chicago, (1930-1960) / Wim de Wit ; City Hall and the Architecture of Power : The Rise and Fall of the Dearborn Corridor / Ross Miller -- Design in Chicago. "To Build a Better Mousetrap" : Design in Chicago, (1920-1970) / Pauline Saliga ; Graphic Design in Chicago / Victor Margolin -- The Legacy of Chicago Arthiecture. Helmut Jahn and the Line of Succession / Ross Miller ; Chicago Architects : Genealogy and Exegesis / Stanley Tigerman -- Plates. Urban Images ; Transportation ; Institutions and Government ; Commerce and Business ; Industry ; Shopping ; Houses and Housing ; Recreation -- Catalogue / by John Zukowsky -- Biographical Glossary / by Maurice Blanks. Subjects; Chicago School of Architecture. Architecture Illinois Chicago History ; Exhibitions. Architecture Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Chicago Expositions 1993. Architecture Illinois Chicago 20e siècle ; Expositions. Architecture Illinois 20th century Chicago. Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. ; Exhibitions. Chicago Buildings, structures, etc. Architecture History. Illinois. Architecture American. Chicago : twentieth century architecture. Architecture U.S.A. Exhibitions. Architecture U.S.A. 20th century. Chicago Art Architecture. Chicago Exhibitions. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. History. Illustrated. 2 Kg.