Lost Chicago

Lowe, David Garrard

ISBN 10: 0517468883 / ISBN 13: 9780517468883

Published by Gramercy, 1993

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00097003709

Synopsis:

Text and photographs seek to recapture the life and architecture of Chicago between 1833 and 1933, celebrating the fallen and razed private and public buildings and monuments of the Place of the Wild Onion

Review: “An elaborate and handsome volume that is as much an ode to the city as it is a work about landmarks and their role in the urban fabric."" "
--Paul Goldberger "New York Times "

“"Lost Chicago "is more than just another coffee table gift, more than merely a history of the city’s architecture; it is a history of the whole city as a cultural creation.”—"New York Times Book Review"
--Mark Smith "New York Times Book Review "

"Lowe''s book excels on its visual ground: page after page of gilded hotels, lovely parks, grand mansions and smashing restaurants, all vanished. . . . But there is more here than simple nostalgia, reinforced by mouth-watering photographs. There is also the real story of Chicago architecture, very different from the one we have been fed in textbooks and college survey courses."--"Newsweek"--Douglas Davis "Newsweek "

""Lost Chicago "is more than just another coffee table gift, more than merely a history of the city's architecture; it is a history of the whole city as a cultural creation."--"New York Times Book Review"

--Mark Smith "New York Times Book Review "

""Lost Chicago" is more than just another coffee table gift, more than merely a history of the city's architecture; it is a history of the whole city as a cultural creation."

--Mark Smith "New York Times Book Review "

"Lost Chicago" is more than just another coffee table gift, more than merely a history of the city s architecture; it is a history of the whole city as a cultural creation.
--Mark Smith "New York Times Book Review ""

"Lost Chicago is more than just another coffee table gift, more than merely a history of the city's architecture; it is a history of the whole city as a cultural creation."

--Mark Smith "New York Times Book Review "

"Lowe's book excels on its visual ground: page after page of gilded hotels, lovely parks, grand mansions and smashing restaurants, all vanished. . . . But there is more here than simple nostalgia, reinforced by mouth-watering photographs. There is also the real story of Chicago architecture, very different from the one we have been fed in textbooks and college survey courses."--Newsweek--Douglas Davis "Newsweek "

Bibliographic Details

Title: Lost Chicago
Publisher: Gramercy
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good