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Essential Architecture- Chicago
Chicago urban design and World's Columbian Exposition Gallery
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a: plan, with existing and proposed roads, from Daniel H.
Burnham and Edward H. Bennett, Plan of Chicago (Chicago, 1909). |
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b: aerial view of civic center, from Daniel H. Burnham and
Edward H. Bennett, Plan of Chicago (Chicago, 1909). |
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c: plan of civic center, from Daniel H. Burnham and Edward
H. Bennett, Plan of Chicago (Chicago, 1909). |
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d: aerial view toward lake, from Daniel H. Burnham and
Edward H. Bennett, Plan of Chicago (Chicago, 1909). |
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e: N-S boulevard, from Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H.
Bennett, Plan of Chicago (Chicago, 1909). |
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f: Michigan Ave., looking south, from Daniel H. Burnham and
Edward H. Bennett, Plan of Chicago (Chicago, 1909). |
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g: river intersection, from Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H.
Bennett, Plan of Chicago (Chicago, 1909). |
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h: regional arteries, from Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H.
Bennett, Plan of Chicago (Chicago, 1909). |
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City of Chicago, aerial view in 1871 (detail), lithograph by
William Flint, 1872, Panoramic Map Collection (G4104.C6A3 1871 .C5 MLC),
Library of Congress |
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City of Chicago, aerial view in 1892, lithograph by Currier
& Ives, 1892, Panoramic Map Collection (G4104.C6A3 1892 .C8), Library of
Congress |
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City of Chicago, aerial view in 1916 (detail), lithograph by
By Arno B. Reincke, 1916, Panoramic Map Collection (G4104.C6A3 1916 .R41),
Library of Congress |
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World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
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(D. H. Burnham and F.L. Olmsted), ground plan, Daniel
Burnham & John Wellborn Root, architects, with F.L. Olmsted, landscape
architect. |
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Transportation Building, Louis Sullivan, architect. General
view, old photograph |
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Transportation Building, "Golden Doorway," Louis Sullivan,
architect. |
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Fine Arts Building Charles Atwood, architect. Now the
Museum of Science and Industry
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Originally built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the World's
Columbian Exposition of 1893, this structure later became the first home of
the Field Museum of Natural History. After the museum moved out, the
plaster-clad building was reconstructed (1929-33) in stone for the Museum of
Science and Industry. Although its exterior is an exact copy of the original
Beaux-Arts style Classical Revival design, its interior was
remodeled in the Art Moderne style, under the direction of architect Alfred
Shaw.
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Transportation Building, 1891-1893, Adler & Sullivan,
architects, interior, , Lantern Slide Coll., GSD, Harvard U. [Images of
America, Library of Congress]: (#X514/d.3) |
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panoramic photo from behind lagoon, showing train tracks, E.
W. Irish, 1893, Panoramic Photograph Collection (pan 6a27057), Library of
Congress |
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Special thanks to the Society of Architectural Historians
for some of the images on this page (copyright SAH). |
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