Chicago's Historic Hyde Park (Hardcover, New)

Stretching south from 47th Street to the Midway Plaisance and east from Washington Park to the lakeshore, the historic neighborhood of Hyde Park - Kenwood covers nearly two square miles of Chicago's South Side. At one time a wealthy township outside of the city, this neighborhood has been home to Chicago's elite for more than 150 years, counting among its residents presidents and politicians, scholars, athletes, and fiery religious leaders. Known today for the grand mansions, stately row houses, and elegant apartments that these notables called home, Hyde Park - Kenwood is still one of Chicago's most prominent locales. Physically shaped by the Columbian Exposition of 1893 and by the efforts of some of the greatest architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - including Daniel Burnham, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mies van der Rohe - this area hosts some of the city's most spectacular architecture amid lush green spaces. Tree-lined streets give way to the impressive neogothic buildings that mark the campus of the University of Chicago, and some of the Jazz Age's swankiest high-rises offer spectacular views of the water and distant downtown skyline. In "Chicago's Historic Hyde Park", Susan O'Connor Davis offers readers a biography of this distinguished neighborhood, from house to home, and from architect to resident. Along the way, she weaves a fascinating tapestry, describing Hyde Park - Kenwood's most celebrated structures from the time of Lincoln through the racial upheaval and destructive urban renewal of the 1940s, '50s, and '60s and on into the preservationist movement of the last thirty-five years. Alongside hundreds of historical photographs, drawings, and current views, Davis recounts the life stories of these gorgeous buildings - and of the astounding talents that built them. This is architectural history at its best.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	July 2013
Foreword by:	John Vinci
Authors:	Susan O'Connor Davis
Dimensions:	28 x 23 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	504
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-13814-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
LSN:	0-226-13814-3
Barcode:	9780226138145

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