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John W. Stamper

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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