The Architects and the City
Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918
562 pages, 180 halftones, 5 maps, 100 line drawings 8-1/2 x 9-3/16
©
1997
Series: Chicago Architecture and Urbanism
Cloth $91.00
ISBN: 9780226076959
Published August 1997
Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Founding of the Firm 2: The Partners: William Holabird and Martin Roche 3: The Firm 4: Labor Unrest and the Creation of Fort Sheridan 5: Capital, Technology, and the Tall Office Building: The Tacoma 6: The Skyscraper and the City: The Marquette 1 7: The Skyscraper and the City: The Marquette 2 8: Along Leafy Avenues: William Holabird's Evanston 9: The Firm 10: State Street in the Nineties 11: Theme and Variation: The Loft Building 12: Terra Cotta on State Street: The Department Store and the Tall Shops Building 13: Golfing in the Suburbs: The Glen View Golf and Polo Club 14: Fishing in the Wilderness: The Coleman Lake Club 15: The Firm 16: Palaces of Democracy: The Business Hotel 17: Civic Grandeur, Civic Squalor: Cook County Courthouse and Chicago City Hall 18: Terra Cotta on South Michigan Avenue: Automobile Row 19: At the Corner of Michigan and Monroe: The University Club and the Monroe Building 20: The Architecture of Communications: Buildings for the Chicago Telephone Company 21: By Way of Conclusion: The Three Arts Club, Holabird & Roche, and the American City Abbreviated Catalog of Works by Holabird & Roche, 1880-1918 Notes Sources of Information Index Maps
Awards
- PROSE Book Award
Honorable Mention
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