Chicago Architecture Foundation, Ellen Christenson

Central Michigan Avenue

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Today Chicago's Central Michigan Avenue is a busy commercial and cultural center situated on the beautiful lakefront. Easy access to office buildings, major cultural attractions, and parks makes it one of the premier tourist destinations in the city. This book traces the history of the avenue from the 1860s to the present day. Once a genteel residential neighborhood, Central Michigan Avenue was reborn after the 1871 Chicago fire. Over time a street wall of buildings took shape on the west side of the street. The east side of the avenue was designed to remain open to green parkland and water. In this book more than 180 photographs document the fascinating history of Chicago's front yard.

Produktdetails

• Images of America
• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 170mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780738520247
• ISBN-10: 0738520241
• Artikelnr.: 22281492

Autorenporträt

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (C.A.F.) was founded by architects and preservationists in 1966 to save H. H. Richardson's Glessner House, one of Chicago's oldest residences. To this day, C.A.F. is dedicated to its mission of advancing public interest and education in architecture and related design, which it supports and enables through tours, exhibitions, lectures, and special events attended by over 600,000 people each year.