Constructing Chicago / Daniel Bluestone.

Main entry:

Bluestone, Daniel M.

Title & Author:

Constructing Chicago / Daniel Bluestone.

Publication:

Description:

235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index.
"A cordon of verdure": gardens, parks, and cultivation, 1830-1869 -- "A different style of beauty": park designs, 1865-1880 -- "A parallel moral power": churches, 1830-1895 -- "A city under one roof": skyscrapers, 1880-1895 -- "Less of pork and more of culture": civic and cultural Chicago, 1850-1905 -- "The keystone of the arch": the civic lakefront, 1890-1909.

Summary:

Combining architectural history and cultural analysis, Bluestone explores the creation of Chicago's architectural landscape. He finds that the structure of the city was influenced as much by the moral, cultural and aesthetic aspirations of its local elite, as by the forces of commerce and capital.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0300048483 (alk. paper)
9780300048483 (alk. paper)
0300057504
9780300057508

Subject:

City planning Illinois Chicago History 19th century.
Urban beautification Illinois Chicago History 19th century.
Architects and patrons Illinois Chicago.
Architecture and society Illinois Chicago.
Architectes et mécènes Illinois Chicago.
Architecture et société Illinois Chicago.
Urbanisme Illinois Chicago Histoire 19e siècle.
Villes Embellissement Illinois Chicago Histoire 19e siècle.
Architects and patrons.
Architecture and society.
Buildings.
City planning.
Urban beautification.
Stedenbouw.
City planning Illinois 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Chicago (Ill.) Constructions.
Illinois Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) City planning 19th century.
Cities Structure planning
Illinois

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 65789
Call No.: ID:91-B2514
Status: Available

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