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AIA guide to Chicago / American Institute of Architects Chicago, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois ; with special assistance from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks ; introduction by Perry R. Duis ; preface by John F. Hartray, Jr. ; Alice Sinkevitch, editor ; Laurie McGovern Petersen, associate editor.
LIBRA NA735.C4 A43 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Illinois--Chicago--Guidebooks.
- Architecture.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Buildings--Illinois--Chicago--Guidebooks.
- Buildings.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Guidebooks.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 574 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Guide to Chicago
- Place of Publication:
- Orlando : Harcourt, [2004]
- Summary:
- Completely revised and updated, AIA Guide to Chicago, Second Edition is the liveliest and most wide-ranging guide ever written about Chicago's architecture. More than a thousand individual buildings are featured, along with more than four hundred photos-many taken expressly for this volume-and thirty-five specially commissioned maps. The book is arranged geographically so that the user, whether Chicago citizen or visitor, can tour each area of the city as conveniently as possible. Building descriptions focus on the illuminating-but easily overlooked-details that give the behind-the-scenes, often unexpected story of why a building took the shape it did. And in the best Chicago tradition, this guide does not shy away from opinions where opinions are called for. Comprehensively researched, meticulously written, and more than thorough.
- Contents:
- The Shaping of Chicago / Perry R. Duis 1
- Central City 23
- The Loop 24
- North Michigan Avenue / Streeterville 98
- River North 124
- South Loop 146
- North Side 161
- Gold Coast / Old Town 162
- Lincoln Park 188
- Lakeview / Ravenswood / Uptown 212
- Edgewater / Rogers Park 236
- Northwest Side 255
- Northwest Side 256
- Chicago
- O'Hare International Airport 274
- West Side 281
- Near West Side 282
- Garfield Park / Austin 304
- Oak Park 323
- Oak Park 324
- Lower West Side 349
- Lower West Side 350
- South Side 365
- Near South Side 366
- Bridgeport / Canaryville / Mckinley Park / Back of the Yards 398
- Oakland / Kenwood 412
- Hyde Park / South Shore 432
- Beverly / Morgan Park 472
- Pullman 484.
- Notes:
- "A harvest original."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-491) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0156029081
- OCLC:
- 55601036
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