AIA Guide to Chicago

Name: AIA Guide to Chicago
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ISBN: 9780156029087

ISBN-10: 0156029081

ISBN-13: 9780156029087

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Alice Sinkevitch

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Completely revised and updated, AIA Guide to Chicago, Second Edition is the liveliest and most wide-ranging guide ever written about Chicago's architecture. More than a thousand individual buildings are featured, along with more than four hundred photos-many taken expressly for this volume-and thirty-five specially commissioned maps. The book is arranged geographically so that the user, whether Chicago citizen or visitor, can tour each area of the city as conveniently as possible. Building descriptions focus on the illuminating-but easily overlooked-details that give the behind-the-scenes, often unexpected story of why a building took the shape it did. And in the best Chicago tradition,…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 4/12/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 4.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540



Guide to the Guide


Acknowledgments


Preface to the First Edition


Preface to the Second Edition


The Shaping of Chicago



Key to Maps


Central City


The Loop


North Michigan Avenue / Streeterville


River North


South Loop


North Side


Gold Coast / Old Town


Lincoln Park


Lakeview / Ravenswood / Uptown


Edgewater / Rogers Park


Northwest Side


Northwest Side


Chicago--O'Hare International Airport


West Side


Near West Side


Garfield Park / Austin


Oak Park


Oak Park


Lower West Side


Lower West Side


South Side


Near South Side


Bridgeport / Canaryville / Mckinley Park / Back of the Yards


Oakland / Kenwood


Hyde Park / South Shore


Beverly / Morgan Park


Pullman


Tour Information


Photo Credits


Glossary


For Further Reading


Index