Entrée principale:

Gilfoyle, Timothy J., author.

Titre et auteur:

Millennium Park : creating a Chicago landmark / Timothy J. Gilfoyle ; in association with the Chicago History Museum.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Description:

xiv, 442 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 26 cm.

Série(s):

Historical studies of urban America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-428) and index.
History -- Before Grant Park -- Creating Grant Park -- The Grant Park problem -- Politics -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Master Plan -- Shooting for the moon -- Art in the park -- The culture broker -- A theater in the park -- The modern medicis -- Conflict and controversy -- Defining art -- Culture -- Constructing Millennium Park -- Vermeer in Chicago: The Jay Pritzker Pavilion and BP Bridge -- The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance -- Cloud Gate -- The Crown Fountain -- The Lurie Garden -- The subtle amenities of Millennium Park -- Conclusion: The multiple meanings of Millennium Park.
Also issued online.

Résumé:

At its opening on July 16, Chicago's Millennium Park was hailed as one of the most important millennium projects in the world. Timothy Gilfoyle offers a biography of this phenomenal undertaking, beginning before 1850 when the site of the park, the 'city's front yard' was part of Lake Michigan.

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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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ISBN:

0226293491 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226293493

Sujet:

Millennium Park Project.
Millennium Park (Chicago, Ill.) History.
Chicago (Ill.) History.
Millennium Park (Chicago, Ill.) Histoire.
Chicago (Ill.) Histoire.
Illinois Chicago
Illinois Chicago Millennium Park
Chicago <Ill.> Millennium Park.

Classification/genre:

History
Illustrated works.

Vedettes secondaires:

Chicago History Museum.
Historical studies of urban America.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 245686
Cote: BIB 175305
Statut: Disponible