Carson Pirie Scott : Louis Sullivan and the Chicago department store / Joseph M. Siry.

Main entry:

Siry, Joseph, 1956-

Title & Author:

Carson Pirie Scott : Louis Sullivan and the Chicago department store / Joseph M. Siry.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
©1988

Description:

xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Chicago architecture and urbanism

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The development of Chicago's State Street and its department stores to 1898 -- A chronology of the Schlesinger and Mayer store -- Sullivan's department store on State Street.

Summary:

Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also represents a milestone in the development of architecture. The last large commercial structure designed by Louis Sullivan, the Carson building reflected the culmination of the famed architect's career as a creator of tall steel buildings. In tins handsomely illustrated study, Joseph M. Siry traces the origins of the building's design and analyzes its role in commercial, urban, and architectural history, while exploring it as a symbol of the reinvigoration of Chicago architecture in the wake of the Great Fire of 1871.
Both visually and intellectually compelling, Carson Pirie Scott provides an illuminating history of a pivotal architectural work and offers an original, revealing assessment of how Sullivan, responding to the commercial culture of his time, created a fresh, distinctive American building. Book jacket.

ISBN:

9780226761374 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0226761371 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

Subject:

Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 Criticism and interpretation.
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924
Carson Pirie Scott.
Architecture Illinois Chicago History.
Skyscrapers Illinois Chicago.
Department stores Illinois Chicago.
Architecture Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Gratte-ciel Illinois Chicago.
Grands magasins Illinois Chicago.
Architecture
Buildings
Department stores
Skyscrapers
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois Chicago

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Added entries:

Chicago architecture and urbanism.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278798
Call No.: BIB 214474
Status: Available

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