Chicago skyscrapers, 1934-1986 :: how technology, politics, finance, and race reshaped the city /
"The John Hancock Center. Marina City. Sandburg Village. The Sears Tower. The Inland Steel Building. From skyline-defining icons to wonders of the world, the second period of the Chicago skyscraper transformed the way Chicagoans lived and worked. The Second Chicago School dominates many histori...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The John Hancock Center. Marina City. Sandburg Village. The Sears Tower. The Inland Steel Building. From skyline-defining icons to wonders of the world, the second period of the Chicago skyscraper transformed the way Chicagoans lived and worked. The Second Chicago School dominates many histories of the era. Yet these accounts often overlook essential Chicago sites, important areas away from downtown, the teams of people involved in the conception and construction of skyscrapers, and the financial, social, racial, and political factors that influenced the buildings that came to be. Thomas Leslie's comprehensive look at the modern era of Chicago skyscrapers rewrites the narrative to view the skyscraper idea, and the buildings themselves, within the broad expanse of city history. As construction emerged from the depths of the Great Depression, structural, mechanical, and cladding innovations evolved while continuing to influence designs. An earlier generation of architects would have been impressed-but not shocked-by expansive glass elevations and more efficient concrete columns, girders, and slabs. The truly radical changes concerned the motivations that drove construction of many new skyscrapers. While profit remained key in the Loop, developers elsewhere worked with a Daley political regime that saw tall buildings as tools for a wholesale recasting of the city's appearance, demography, and economy. Focusing on both the wider cityscape and specific buildings, Leslie reveals skyscrapers to be the physical results of negotiations between motivating and mechanical causes. Illustrated with more than 140 photographs, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986 tells the fascinating stories of the people, ideas, negotiations, decision-making, compromises, and strategies that changed the history of architecture and one of its showcase cities"-- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0252054113 9780252054112 |
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| contents | Preface -- The second skyscraper city -- Technical developments in the 1930s-1940s -- Demographics and housing -- Prudential, Inland Steel, and the rebirth of the Loop -- Daley's city: commercial construction, 1955-1972 -- High-rise housing in the 1960s -- Skyscrapers as civic monuments -- Tubes and the high rise as structural art -- After Sears -- Coda: Myth, morality, and Mies. |
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| spelling | Leslie, Thomas, 1967- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005097979 Chicago skyscrapers, 1934-1986 : how technology, politics, finance, and race reshaped the city / Thomas Leslie. How technology, politics, finance, and race reshaped the city Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations (some color) text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Preface -- The second skyscraper city -- Technical developments in the 1930s-1940s -- Demographics and housing -- Prudential, Inland Steel, and the rebirth of the Loop -- Daley's city: commercial construction, 1955-1972 -- High-rise housing in the 1960s -- Skyscrapers as civic monuments -- Tubes and the high rise as structural art -- After Sears -- Coda: Myth, morality, and Mies. Includes bibliographical references and index. "The John Hancock Center. Marina City. Sandburg Village. The Sears Tower. The Inland Steel Building. From skyline-defining icons to wonders of the world, the second period of the Chicago skyscraper transformed the way Chicagoans lived and worked. The Second Chicago School dominates many histories of the era. Yet these accounts often overlook essential Chicago sites, important areas away from downtown, the teams of people involved in the conception and construction of skyscrapers, and the financial, social, racial, and political factors that influenced the buildings that came to be. Thomas Leslie's comprehensive look at the modern era of Chicago skyscrapers rewrites the narrative to view the skyscraper idea, and the buildings themselves, within the broad expanse of city history. As construction emerged from the depths of the Great Depression, structural, mechanical, and cladding innovations evolved while continuing to influence designs. An earlier generation of architects would have been impressed-but not shocked-by expansive glass elevations and more efficient concrete columns, girders, and slabs. The truly radical changes concerned the motivations that drove construction of many new skyscrapers. While profit remained key in the Loop, developers elsewhere worked with a Daley political regime that saw tall buildings as tools for a wholesale recasting of the city's appearance, demography, and economy. Focusing on both the wider cityscape and specific buildings, Leslie reveals skyscrapers to be the physical results of negotiations between motivating and mechanical causes. Illustrated with more than 140 photographs, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986 tells the fascinating stories of the people, ideas, negotiations, decision-making, compromises, and strategies that changed the history of architecture and one of its showcase cities"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2023). Skyscrapers Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Architecture and society Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. Gratte-ciel Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle. Architecture et société Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle. ARCHITECTURE / General bisacsh Architecture and society fast Buildings fast Skyscrapers fast Illinois Chicago fast Architecture. thema Architecture and Planning. ukslc 1900-1999 fast History fast Print version: Leslie, Thomas, 1967- Chicago skyscrapers, 1934-1986 Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023] 9780252044953 (DLC) 2022043801 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3582961 Volltext |
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| title_exact_search | Chicago skyscrapers, 1934-1986 : how technology, politics, finance, and race reshaped the city / |
| title_full | Chicago skyscrapers, 1934-1986 : how technology, politics, finance, and race reshaped the city / Thomas Leslie. |
| title_fullStr | Chicago skyscrapers, 1934-1986 : how technology, politics, finance, and race reshaped the city / Thomas Leslie. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chicago skyscrapers, 1934-1986 : how technology, politics, finance, and race reshaped the city / Thomas Leslie. |
| title_short | Chicago skyscrapers, 1934-1986 : |
| title_sort | chicago skyscrapers 1934 1986 how technology politics finance and race reshaped the city |
| title_sub | how technology, politics, finance, and race reshaped the city / |
| topic | Skyscrapers Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Architecture and society Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Gratte-ciel Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle. Architecture et société Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle. ARCHITECTURE / General bisacsh Architecture and society fast Buildings fast Skyscrapers fast Architecture. thema Architecture and Planning. ukslc |
| topic_facet | Skyscrapers Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Architecture and society Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. Gratte-ciel Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle. Architecture et société Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle. ARCHITECTURE / General Architecture and society Buildings Skyscrapers Illinois Chicago Architecture. Architecture and Planning. History |
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