Chicago: Building, Planning and Urban Technology (Phoenix Books) - Softcover

Chicago 1930-70: Building, Planning and Urban Technology. Phoenix Books.

Softcover. Zustand: Gut. 351 S. Einband berieben und bestoßen, eine Ecke geknickt. Insgesamt vergilbt / Binding rubbed and bumped, one corner creased. Overall yellowed. - This volume concludes Carl W. Condit's technical biography of an American city which began with Chicago, 1910-29. There he describes a city in ascendencyexpanding in population, wealth, volume of building, and development of urban technology. In Chicago, 1930-70 Condit records the drastic changes in Chicago's economy resulting first from the twenty-year hiatus of depression, war, and postwar adjustment and second from the accelerating flight of population and industry to the suburbs. Professor Condit sees Chicagoin both its achievements and its problemsas representative of the contemporary urban environment. "If Chicago seemed to be a more malignant cancer than other cities, it was partly that it represented its own special mixture of the American diseases and partly because of the incredible contrast between its evils and its unparalleled artistic, architectural, structural, and planning achievements." The author's well-illustrated history of Chicago's sometimes triumphant, sometimes disastrous struggle with its own growth makes fascinating reading for the modern urban dweller as well as for architects, city planners, and government officials. ISBN 9780226114590 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 501. Artikel-Nr. 1195523

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