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Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens / Paul Kruty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kruty, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
- Midway Gardens (Chicago, Ill.).
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Criticism and interpretation.
- Wright, Frank Lloyd.
- Commercial buildings--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Commercial buildings.
- Lost architecture--Illinois--Chicago.
- Lost architecture.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 262 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Built in Chicago in 1914, and demolished in 1929, Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens was a concert garden that included an indoor restaurant and dance hall, a five-tiered, outdoor summer garden with band shell, a tavern, and a private club. In this lavishly illustrated volume, the first to focus solely on Midway Gardens, Paul Kruty traces the project's history. 218 photos. 20 linecuts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252023668
- OCLC:
- 36776378
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