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Burnham of Chicago
Thomas S. Hines
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Description for Burnham of Chicago
Paperback. The Plan of Chicago was designed by Daniel Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the plan proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This book is at once both a biography of Burnham and a portrait of the birth and growth of an American city. Num Pages: 470 pages, 148 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
The centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago will be celebrated in 2009. Designed by Daniel Burnham, co-authored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city's most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the time he died in 1912, Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. Thomas S. Hines' book is at once both a biography of Burnham and a vivid portrait of the ... Read more
The centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago will be celebrated in 2009. Designed by Daniel Burnham, co-authored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city's most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the time he died in 1912, Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. Thomas S. Hines' book is at once both a biography of Burnham and a vivid portrait of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
Number of Pages
474
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226341729
SKU
V9780226341729
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About Thomas S. Hines
Thomas S. Hines is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Los Angeles. His other books include Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture and William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha.
Reviews for Burnham of Chicago
"Indeed, the book as a whole is a model of the balanced portrait, sure of Burnham's importance but always conscious of his failings." - Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book Review "In every sense this is the definitive biography." - Harry Weese, Chicago Tribune "Professor Hines has written what may prove to be an epoch-making book in the study of ... Read more