Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also represents a milestone in the development of architecture. The last large commercial structure designed by Louis Sullivan, the Carson building reflected the culmination of the famed architect's career as a creator of tall steel buildings. In this study, Joseph Siry traces the origins of the building's design and analyzes its role in commercial, urban, and architectural history.
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"Siry's book is not about a store per se. Rather, it is a vehicle for examining how one man's ideas at once expressed and informed defining aspects of material life in his immediate milieu and beyond.... Carson Pirie Scott transcends the confines of ordinary case studies to become a formidable work of cultural history." (Journal of American History)"
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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 and the forthcoming Beth Sholom Synagogue, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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The Schlesinger and Mayer Store, known by the name of its present owners, Carson Pirie Scott & Co., has long been recognized as an important work in the history of architecture. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shopping corridor, upper exterior, grand opening days, retail houses, window trimming, prismatic glass, dry goods houses, commercial architecture, historic styles, ornamental iron Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mayer Store, Marshall Field, New York, Carson Pirie Scott, Wabash Avenue, Mandel Brothers, Carson Pine Scott, Louis Sullivan, Richard Nickel Committee, David Mayer, Lake Street, Richard Nickel Archive, United States, Field Annex, Chicago Tribune, Great Fire, Second Leiter Building, Architectural Record, Colonnade Building, Sinai Congregation, World's Columbian Exposition, State Sweet, Stewart Store, Bee Hive, Bon Marché New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The Schlesinger and Mayer Store, known by the name of its present owners, Carson Pirie Scott & Co., has long been recognized as an important work in the history of architecture. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shopping corridor, upper exterior, grand opening days, retail houses, window trimming, prismatic glass, dry goods houses, commercial architecture, historic styles, ornamental iron Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mayer Store, Marshall Field, New York, Carson Pirie Scott, Wabash Avenue, Mandel Brothers, Carson Pine Scott, Louis Sullivan, Richard Nickel Committee, David Mayer, Lake Street, Richard Nickel Archive, United States, Field Annex, Chicago Tribune, Great Fire, Second Leiter Building, Architectural Record, Colonnade Building, Sinai Congregation, World's Columbian Exposition, State Sweet, Stewart Store, Bee Hive, Bon Marché New!
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- Kindergarten Chats and Other Writings (Documents of Modern Art.) by Louis Sullivan on 15 pages
- Art Nouveau (Abbeville Stylebooks) by Constance M. Greiff on 4 pages
- History of Chicago by Bessie Louise Pierce on 4 pages
- Louis Sullivan: The Function of Ornament by David Van Zanten in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A System of Architectural Ornament by Louis H. Sullivan on page 153, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Chicago's North Michigan Avenue: Planning and Development, 1900-1930 (Chicago Architecture and Urbanism) by John W. Stamper in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Charnley House: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Making of Chicago's Gold Coast (Chicago Architecture and Urbanism) by Richard Longstreth in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Louis Sullivan: The Poetry of Architecture by Narcisco G. Menocal in Back Matter
- The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright (Chicago Architecture and Urbanism) by Joseph Connors in Front Matter
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