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Chicago 1890: the skyscraper and the modern city
Chicago 1890: the skyscraper and the modern city
Author
Merwood-Salisbury, Joanna
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication Date
2009
Language
English
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Western architecture : the tall office building as regional type
Louis Sullivan's democratic architecture and the labor movement
The Monadnock : John Wellborn Root and the art of pure color
The Masonic Temple : the double life of a civic skyscraper
The Reliance Building : urban sanitation and skyscraper reform
Chicago 1900 : the city beautiful movement and the decline of the skyscraper
Postscript: "the architectonic anticipation of the future".
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Architecture and society
Architecture and society -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
Buildings, structures, etc
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
History
Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers -- Illinois -- Chicago
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9780226520780
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