Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923-1993: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis

Munich and Chicago: Prestel, 1993. Cloth, 479 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 30 cm. Companion volume to: Chicago Architecture, 1872-1922, an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 12 to August 29, 1993. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Foreword, by James N. Wood; Acknowledgments, by John Zukowsky; INTRODUCTION. The Burden of History: Chicago Architecture before and after the Great Depression and World War II, by John Zukowsk. ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. "The Best Lighted City in the World": The Construction of a Nocturnal Landscape in Chicago, by Mark J. Bouman; "Forever Inadequate to the Rising Stream": Dream Cities, Automobiles, and Urban Street Mobility in Central Chicago, by R. Stephen Sennott; "All Airplanes Lead to Chicago": Airport Planning and Design in a Midwest Metropolis, by David Brodherson. THE COMMERCIAL CITY. The Making of the Merchandise Mart, 1927-1931: Air Rights and the Plan of Chicago, by Deborah Fulton Rau; Light, Height, and Site: The Skyscraper in Chicago, by Carol Willis; Mies van der Rohe in America, by Franz Schulze. THE CITY AND THE SUBURB. Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Rosemont, and the Recentering of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, by Robert Bruegmann; The City That Shops: Chicago's Retailing Landscape, by Neil Harris; The Postwar Modern House in Chicago, by Sidney K. Robinson. ARCHITECTURE AND POLITICS. Exhihiting Progress: Italy's Contribution to the Century of Progress Exposition, by Dennis P. Doordan; The Rise of Public Housing in Chicago, 1930-1960, by Wim de Wit; City Hall and the Architecture of Power: The Rise and Fall of the Dearborn Corridor, by Ross Miller. DESIGN IN CHICAGO. "To Build a Better Mousetrap": Design in Chicago, 1920-1970, by Pauline Saliga; Graphic Design in Chicago, by Victor Margolin. The Legacy of Chicago: Genealogy and Exegesis, by Stanley Tigerman; Plates. Urban Images; Transportation; Institutions and Government; Commerce and Business; Industrcago Arthiecture. Helmut Jahn and the Line of Succession, by Ross Miller; Chicago Architects; Shopping; Houses and Housing; Recreation. Catalogue, by John Zukowsky. Biographical Glossary, by Maurice Blanks.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.