ASIN: B00U4AHWQG
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 56
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the building's construction and history written by those who worked on it*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Chicago is a city of skyscrapers. New York is not. New York is a city that's a huge rock that has been carved out to make streets. [Gordon] Bunshaft was always jealous when he came to Chicago because he could stand and see the buildings. In New York, you can't do that. You have to be miles away to see the buildings.” – Bruce Graham, architectWalking around Chicago today, it’s easy to forget about its past as a rural frontier, and that’s due in no small part to the way Chicago responded to the Great Fire of 1871. Immediately after the fire, Chicago encouraged inhabitants and architects to build over the ruins, spurring creative architecture with elaborate designs, and architects descended upon the city ...
