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A View from the River: The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise

By Bosch, Jennifer Marjorie

A View from the River: The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise Architecture

A View from the River: The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise

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To see what's up in Chicago, come down to the river. Float along the Main Branch for views of Lake Point Tower and Marina City, up the North Branch to the condo-converted Montgomery Ward Catalog House, then down the South Branch to take in the soaring Sears Tower. This book, a companion to the Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise, is your guide to the buildings that make downtown Chicago world famous for architecture and infrastructure. During the past two hundred years, engineers and architects designed twin engineering marvels, the Chicago skyline and the Chicago River. Dredged, straightened, its direction reversed, the river flowed a varied course through the city's history, as Chicagoans built factories, civic structures, waterside homes and parks, and the world's tallest steel-and-glass monuments to big business. The story of Chicago is the story of its river. A View from the River spotlights over fifty buildings, recounting an urban tale that continues to unfold.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
96
Release Date:
2008-06-08
Publication Date:
2008-06-08
Publisher:
Pomegranate
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0764945327
Weight:
431 g
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