History of the Development of Building Construction in ChicagoUniversity of Illinois Press, 1999 - 526 Seiten Long regarded as the definitive catalog of Chicago architecture, The History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago is a treasure trove of architectural and engineering information about buildings in Chicago's central business and residential district. Generations have relied on the Randall book as the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to buildings in the Chicago central area. This edition is updated with information about fifty additional buildings from the time frame of the original text, 1830-1949; new data for four hundred buildings from the period 1950-98; and a number of additional plates from the rare Rand McNally Views of Chicago. The second edition of The History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago is a tribute to Frank Randall's vision and an indispensable resource to Chicago area architects, engineers, preservation specialists, and other members of the building industry. |
Inhalt
Growth and Early Development | 1 |
Land Use in the Central Business District | 25 |
Milestones in Building Construction | 43 |
From 1921 to 1949 | 301 |
From 1950 to 1998 | 349 |
| 480 | |
Additional Buildings | 486 |
| 519 | |
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History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (Classic Reprint) Frank A. Randall Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago (Classic Reprint) Frank A. Randall Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite iii - Great credit must be given to the outstanding engineers and architects whose vision, ingenuity, and inventions led to the development of present-day building construction. Except for occasional comparatively dormant periods of economic depression, the city has served as a large-scale research and testing laboratory; the detailed history of its buildings represents a continuous and successful battle for improved construction upon soil that has presented difficult problems.
Seite v - Chicago," on the alternate section which belonged to the canal lands — lying upon the main channel of the river, and over the junction of the two branches. The first map of the original town of Chicago, by James Thompson, surveyor, bears date, August 4th, 1830. This was the first beginning of Chicago, as a legally recognized place among the towns and cities of the world — the first official act of organization, which must accordingly be dated as its birth, or real starting point...
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