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Chicago's Classical Architecture: The Legacy of the White City (IL) (Images of America)
- Paperback
- Author: David Stone
- Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
- Release Date: February 2006
- ISBN-10: 0738534269
- ISBN-13: 9780738534268
- List Price: $19.99
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
Summary Chicago’s architecture has been called the most important in the United States by the American Institute of Architects, and perhaps no other type of architecture has had as significant of an impact on the city’s look, feel, and character as classical architecture. Chicago’s connection to classical architecture dates back to the famed 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, with it's gleaming “White City” of ornate Beaux-Arts buildings. After the fair, the “Plan of Chicago,” developed by Daniel Burnham, the fair’s lead |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
a terrific book for Chicagoans and architecture fans
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this is the possibly the best Arcadia/Images of America book I've seen from the series. The selection and quality of the photography (mostly historic photos) is wonderful, and the captions tell a great story of Chicago. I find myself often thumbing through it over and over to look at the photos. Highly recommended!
A magical walking tour of Chicago's History
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This novel was not only informative as a historical referrence of Chicago's history, but I used it as a guidebook while plotting what sites to see in this wonderful City!
Greg Luzinski would be proud.
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Impressive how David Stone was able to collect photos of the White City faster than Google could. The photographic research is apparent. Narrated neighborhood to neighborhood by someone who has obviously contemplated his native Chicago. This is one worthy history lesson.
Also makes a complementary sidedish to The Devil In The White City. Here are the photos you were dying to see of the Fairgrounds while reading the murder mystery.
Great coffee table book! (for a small coffee table :-) )
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I grew up in Chicago but have been in San Francisco for 23 years now - this book had some great photos and descriptions that brought me back to the very streets I grew up on.
Plus, after being somewhat obsessed with Devil in the White City, it was great to finally see some photos of what that actually looked like (photos that I thought were sadly lacking in the original book).
The paperback format makes it easily consumable and very gift-worthy.
Great Gift Item
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Hard work went into this book! Both the text and pictures were extremely thought out. Would like to see the author expand and put out more books on Chicago classical architecture as the city is loaded with great classical buildings. For the price the book makes a great gift item.
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