Four Landmark Buildings in Chicago's Loop
Author : Harry Weese and Associates
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,78 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Architecture
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Author : Harry Weese and Associates
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,78 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Architecture
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Author : Landmarks Preservation Service
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 32,49 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Architecture
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Page : 278 pages
File Size : 37,71 MB
Release : 1987
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Author : Margaret Beattie Bogue
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 20,4 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780299100001
This superbly organized guide to the 1,600-mile shoreline of Lake Michigan describes 182 historical sites and points of interest. Generously illustrated, it includes historical sketches, keys to recreation, and a large fold-out planner map.
Author : Charles Waldheim
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 49,56 MB
Release : 2005-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226870380
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Author : John A. Jakle
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 14,38 MB
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0252093941
The American picture postcard debuted around the start of the twentieth century, creating an enthusiasm for sending and collecting postcard art that continued for decades. As a form of popular culture, scenic postcards strongly influenced how Americans conceptualized both faraway and nearby places through portrayals of landscapes, buildings, and historic sites. In this gloriously illustrated history of the picture postcard in Illinois, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle study a rich and diverse set of images that chronicle what Illinoisans considered attractive, intriguing, and memorable. They also discuss how messages written on postcards reveal the sender's personal interpretation of local geography and scenery. The most popularly depicted destination was Chicago, America's great boomtown.Its portraits are especially varied, showing off its high-rise architecture, its teeming avenues, and the vitality of its marketplaces and even slaughterhouses. Postcards featuring downstate locales, however, elaborated and reinforced stereotypes that divided the state, portraying the rest of Illinois as the counterpoint to Chicago's urban bustle. Scores of cards from Springfield, Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, Urbana-Champaign, Quincy, and Vandalia emphasize wide-open prairies, modest civic edifices, and folksy charm. The sense of dichotomy between Chicago and the rest of Illinois was, of course, a substantial fallacy, since the city's very prosperity depended upon the entire state's fertile farmlands, natural resources, and small industries. Jakle and Sculle follow this dialogue between urban Chicago and rural downstate as it is illustrated on two hundred vintage postcards, observing both their common conventions and their variety. They also discuss the advances in printing technology in the early 1900s that made mass appeal possible. Providing rich historical and geographical context, Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo illustrates the picture postcard's significance in American popular culture and the unique ways in which Illinoisans pictured their world.
Author : United States. National Park Service
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Page : 146 pages
File Size : 14,52 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
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Author : Kristen Schaffer
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,3 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
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Examines the career of nineteenth-century Chicago architect and city planner Daniel Burnham, and features photographs of his creations in Chicago and throughout the United States.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
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Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Government publications
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Author : John C Green
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2024-01-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 1527555747
With 70% of the world’s population expected to live in urban environments by 2050, cities are poised to become the most significant spaces to shape personal and communal identity. As contemporary cities become “event destinations” a dialogue is emerging between the performing arts and the urban context and social fabric. Inspired by the principles of Psychogeography, this collection of essays highlights the performative aspects of cities as landscapes of creative inspiration where curiosity, imagination, playfulness, and the energy of the street combine with contemporary performance practices to create immersive public art experiences. Written by an international cohort of scholar-artists, these essays offer arts practitioners, urban specialists, and general readers a practical guide to experiencing the cityscape as the Artscape.