Chicago skyscrapers, 1871-1934 / Thomas Leslie.

By:

Leslie, Thomas, 1967- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 234 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780252094798
0252094794

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chicago skyscrapers, 1871-1934.DDC classification:

720/.4830977311 23

LOC classification:

NA6232 .L47 2013

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Contents:

October 1871 -- 'Built mostly of itself' : Chicago and clay, 1874-1891 -- Iron and light : the 'great architectural problem' and the skeleton frame, 1879-1892 -- Steel and wind : the braced frame, 1890-1897 -- Glass and light : 'veneers' and curtain walls, 1889-1904 -- Steel, clay, and glass : the expressed frame, 1897-1910 -- Steel, light, and style : the concealed frame, 1905-1918 -- Power and height : the electric skyscraper, 1920-1934 -- Chicago, 1934.

Summary: For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought architectural progress to a standstill. The author reveals the daily struggles, technical breakthroughs, and negotiations that produced these magnificent buildings.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought architectural progress to a standstill. The author reveals the daily struggles, technical breakthroughs, and negotiations that produced these magnificent buildings.

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