They Built Chicago
Subtitle: Entrepreneurs Who Shaped a Great City's Architecture
Publisher: Bonus Books
Published: August 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 491
ISBN-13: 9780929387765
Subjects: Illinois; Urban Architecture; Architecture; Criticism; City & town planning - architectural aspects; 19th century; 20th century; Architecture, Modern; Chicago
Description: A story of the development of Chicago. This story is engaging and encompassing; organized into four major periods, spanning more than 150 years of Chicago history: 1830 to 1879, 1880 to 1899, 1900 to 1929, and the years from the end of WWII to the present. Loaded with maps and black and white photos.