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9780300048483

Constructing Chicago

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300048483

  • ISBN10:

    0300048483

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1991-11-01
  • Publisher: Yale Univ Pr

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Summary

Bluestone shows how nineteenth-century Chicago architects and their clients attempted to create a distinctive landscape that could distract residents and visitors from the gritty commercial workings of the city while demonstrating a commitment to urbanism that went beyond the marketplace.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(6)
``A Cordon of Verdure'': Gardens, Parks, and Cultivation, 1830-1869
7(29)
``A Different Style of Beauty'': Park Designs, 1865-1880
36(26)
``A Parallel Moral Power'': Churches, 1830-1895
62(42)
``A City under One Roof'': Skyscrapers, 1880-1895
104(48)
``Less of Pork and More of Culture'': Civic and Cultural Chicago, 1850-1905
152(30)
``The Keystone of the Arch'': The Civic Lakefront, 1893-1909
182(23)
Epilogue 205(4)
Notes 209(20)
Bibliography 229(4)
Index 233

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