Joseph M. Siry
Autore di Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Architecture for Liberal Religion
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Joseph M. Siry is professor of art history at Wesleyan University. He is the author of several books, including The Chicago Auditorium Building, which won the 2003 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award from the Society of Architectural Historians, and Beth Shalom Synagogue, also published by the University mostra altro of Chicago Press. mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Uncredited image found at Wesleyan University website.
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The focus of this book is the building of the Carson Pirie Scott building on Chicago’s State Street, which was slightly later than the period I was researching, but there was so much useful information about the earlier development of State Street and department stores in general that I ended up buying a copy. Add to that the fact that it’s written in a very readable, entertaining style, contains loads of useful illustrations—photos, maps, and diagrams—has good notes and a very decent bibliography, and this one’s a keeper. I’d recommend it to anyone interested in the history of downtown Chicago.… (altro)