Loop Area – Chicago's Landmark Structures: An Inventory.

20 Seiten, zahlr. Abb. Gutes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Einband etw. bestossen und mit Bleistiftnotiz. / Good copy with small signs of wear. Cover slightly worn and with a pencil-note. - Covering the area bounded by the Lake, the Chicago River on the north and west, and Congress Street on the south - listing the most important buildings in Chicago's architectural legacy and describing their architectural and historical values. / First in a series of reports by the Landmarks Preservation Council & Service concerning Premier and Other Select Landmarks warranting attention and protection. This document, the result of a two-year evaluation process, presents a selective inventory of surviving landmark buildings erected in Chicago's Loop Area prior to World War II. Their significance is such as to make their preservation of the utmost importance to the continued cultural and humanistic vitality of the City. / Each building selected contributes to the quality of Chicago's urban fabric, to the City's identity and character. Each increases the variety of physical facilities and rent levels available in the Loop. Each adds color, scale, texture, and form to the face of the City. Each offers design amenities no longer feasible to duplicate. Each holds valuable lessons for the buildings and City of the future. / Premier and selected Landmarks: 333 North Michigan Avenue Building -- Chicago Public Library -- Reliance Building -- Chicago Building -- Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. -- Wieboldt's Wabash Avenue Section -- Champlain Building -- Gage Group -- Art Institute of Chicago (original building only) -- Railway Exchange -- Chapin & Gore Building -- Pakula Building -- Fine Arts Building -- Auditorium Building -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. -- Manhattan Building -- Old Colony Building -- Fisher Building -- Monadnock Block, North and South -- - Marquette Building -- Board of Trade -- The Rookery -- Troescher Building -- Brooks Building -- Stone Container Building -- Chicago Motor Club Building -- Carbide & Carbon Building -- Pittsfield Building -- Marshall Field & Co. department store, -- 1892 section -- Marshall Field & Co. department store -- (except 1892 section) -- Springer Block -- Unity Building -- Landfield Building -- Western Methodist Book Concern -- State-Madison Building -- Kresge Building -- Heyworth Building -- Silversmiths' Building -- Jewelers Building -- Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Men's Store -- University Club -- Monroe Building -- Orchestra Hall -- Adams-Wabash Building -- Chicago Club -- Isabella Building -- Goldblatt Bros. department store -- John Marshall Law School -- Berghoff Restaurant -- Field Building -- Harris Trust & Savings Bank -- Northern Trust Bank Building -- 1 North LaSalle Building -- City Hall-County Building -- LaSalle-Wacker Building -- Civic Opera Building -- Hunter Building -- Williams Building -- Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Building.