Chicago's North Michigan Avenue : planning and development, 1900-1930 /
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| Author / Creator: | Stamper, John W. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. |
| Description: | xxv, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Chicago architecture and urbanism |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 3 has original dustjacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1139825 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Early Development of Michigan Avenue and Pine Street McCormickville, Streeterville, and the Gold Coast
- 1. The Urban Imperative: Planning and Public Improvements Early Plans for a North-South Connecting Link Daniel Burnham and the 1990 Plan of Chicago Publicizing the Plan The Widening of North Michigan Avenue The North Central Business District Association Plan
- 2. Commercial Architecture of the Early 1920s John Crerar Library Wrigley Building Italian Court Building Lake Shore Trust and Savings Bank Palmer Shops Building London Guarantee and Accident Company Building
- 3. The Chicago Tribune Tower The Tribune Tower Competition Final Design and Construction
- 4. Commercial Architecture of the Mid-1920s Central Life Insurance Company Building National Life Insurance Company Project Bell Building Michigan-Ohio Building Hibbard, Spencer, and Bartlett Building Lake-Michigan Building Farwell Building Malabry Court and Erskine-Danforth Buildings
- 5. Hotel, Club, and Residential Architecture Drake Hotel Allerton Hotel 900 North Michigan Avenue Apartment Building Illinois Women's Athletic Club Women's Chicago Athletic Club Medinah Club
- 6. The Later 1920s Architecture of Holabird and Root Tobey Building 333 North Michigan Avenue Palmolive Building Michigan Square Building Michigan-Chestnut Building Judah Building Terminal Park
- 7. Commercial Architecture at the End of the Decade Michigan-Superior Building McGraw-Hill Building Music Corporation of America Building Union Carbide and Carbon Building Cuneo Tower Project The Corporate and Commercial Avenue in 1929
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1. The Planners of North Michigan Avenue
- Appendix 2. The Architects of North Michigan Avenue in the 1920s
- Appendix 3. The Developers of North Michigan Avenue in the 1920s
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Books Articles Other
- Index