Chicago's North Michigan Avenue
Planning and Development, 1900-1930
344 pages, 145 halftones, 29 line drawings, 6 tables 6-1/2 x 9-1/4
©
1991
Series: Chicago Architecture and Urbanism
Cloth $81.00
ISBN: 9780226770857
Published August 1991
Acknowledgments Introduction: Early Development of Michigan Avenue and Pine Street McCormickville, Streeterville, and the Gold Coast 1. The Urban Imperative: Planning and Public Improvements Early Plans for a North-South Connecting Link Daniel Burnham and the 1990 Plan of Chicago Publicizing the Plan The Widening of North Michigan Avenue The North Central Business District Association Plan 2. Commercial Architecture of the Early 1920s John Crerar Library Wrigley Building Italian Court Building Lake Shore Trust and Savings Bank Palmer Shops Building London Guarantee and Accident Company Building 3. The Chicago Tribune Tower The Tribune Tower Competition Final Design and Construction 4. Commercial Architecture of the Mid-1920s Central Life Insurance Company Building National Life Insurance Company Project Bell Building Michigan-Ohio Building Hibbard, Spencer, and Bartlett Building Lake-Michigan Building Farwell Building Malabry Court and Erskine-Danforth Buildings 5. Hotel, Club, and Residential Architecture Drake Hotel Allerton Hotel 900 North Michigan Avenue Apartment Building Illinois Women's Athletic Club Women's Chicago Athletic Club Medinah Club 6. The Later 1920s Architecture of Holabird and Root Tobey Building 333 North Michigan Avenue Palmolive Building Michigan Square Building Michigan-Chestnut Building Judah Building Terminal Park 7. Commercial Architecture at the End of the Decade Michigan-Superior Building McGraw-Hill Building Music Corporation of America Building Union Carbide and Carbon Building Cuneo Tower Project The Corporate and Commercial Avenue in 1929 Epilogue Appendix One: The Planners of North Michigan Avenue Appendix Two: The Architects of North Michigan Avenue in the 1920s Appendix Three: The Developers of North Michigan Avenue in the 1920s Notes Selected Bibliography Books Articles Other Index
Awards
- Illinois State Historical Society Award
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