This volume examines Gilbert's work in five unique categories: the building of a national practice, an evaluation of his Minnesota State Capitol as "a defining moment" in American civic architecture, his New York career, his response to civic ideals in his plans for towns and universities, and his work in the public domain.

Preface

9

(6)

Steven Flanders

Introduction

15

(10)

Robert A. M. Stern

PART 1. A NATIONAL PRACTICE BUILT FROM THE ``NORTHWEST''

25

(60)

Architectural Education and Minnesota Career Patricia Anne Murphy

27

(19)

Launching a Career: Residential and Ecclesiastical Work from the St. Paul Office

46

(16)

Thomas R. Blanck

Charles Locks

The Politics of Public Architecture

62

(11)

Geoffrey Blodgett

The Aesthetics of an Eclectic Architect

73

(12)

Mary Beth Betts

PART 2. A DEFINING MOMENT IN AMERICAN CIVIC ARCHITECTURE

85

(50)

The Minnesota State Capitol: Thinking Internationally, Designing Locally

87

(13)

Thomas O'Sullivan

The Civilization of the West

100

(13)

Sally Webster

High Culture by the Square Foot

113

(12)

Bailey Van Hook

The Restoration and Preservation of Minnesota's Showplace

125

(10)

Carolyn Kompelien

PART 3. MONUMENTALITY IN NEW YORK

135

(40)

The Image of the City: The Woolworth Building and the Creation of the New York Skyline

137

(12)

Gail Fenske

In the Camera's Eye: The Woolworth Building and American Avant-Garde Photography and Film

149

(14)

Mary N. Woods

``Great Gray Buildings'': The United States Army Supply Base

163

(12)

Sharon Irish

PART 4. IDEALS IN PLANNING

175

(58)

A ``New'' New England: Proposals for New Haven and Waterbury, Connecticut

177

(15)

Barbara S. Christen

The University of Texas: Vision and Ambition

192

(14)

Lawrence W. Speck

Oberlin: The Grand Collaboration

206

(14)

Geoffrey Blodgett

A British Response to American Classicism: Cass Gilbert and Charles Reilly

220

(13)

Joseph Sharples

PART 5. GILBERT AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

233

(56)

St. Louis: Public Architecture, Civic Ideals

235

(17)

Ingrid A. Steffensen

``A Difficult and Perplexing Matter'': The Louisiana Purchase Exposition

252

(13)

Susan Luftschein

A User's Viewpoint: Gilbert and His Public

265

(7)

Jeffry H. Gallet

Representing American Justice: The United States Supreme Court

272

(17)

Paul Spencer Byard

Postscript

289

(4)

Dennis Jacobs

Notes

293

(18)

Contributors

311

(2)

Index

313

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