Chicago apartments : a century of lakefront luxury / Neil Harris ; preface by Sara Paretsky.

Main entry:

Harris, Neil, 1938-

Title & Author:

Chicago apartments : a century of lakefront luxury / Neil Harris ; preface by Sara Paretsky.

Publication:

New York : Acanthus Press, 2004.

Description:

352 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Series:

Urban domestic architecture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p, 344-346) and index.
South Shore -- Hyde Park-Kenwood -- Near North Side -- North Side.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Chicago is the quintissential apartment dweller's city. This book presents a unique history of the nearly 100 elevator structures whose amenities, unusual interior spaces, architectural features, and distinctive innovations define the history of Chicago apartment design.

ISBN:

0926494252 (alk. paper)
9780926494251 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Apartment houses Illinois Chicago.
Upper class Dwellings Illinois Chicago Designs and plans.
Room layout (Dwellings) Illinois Chicago Designs and plans.
Architecture Illinois Chicago History.
Habitations Aménagement Illinois Chicago Dessins et plans.
Architecture Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Apartment houses.
Architecture.
Buildings.
Room layout (Dwellings)
Upper class Dwellings.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois Chicago.

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings.
History.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Urban domestic architecture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232917
Call No.: NA735.C4 H37 2004
Status: Available

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