Page 28 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Chicago

26  INTRODUCING CHIC A GO

Chicago’s Best: Architecture

Chicago’s downtown skyline is characterized by high-rises, both
modern and historic, while a range of residential architecture Near
styles, such as Queen Anne and Prairie, are found in the city’s North
neighborhoods. After the 1871 fire (see p18) and subsequent ban Side
on wood as a building material, the use of terra-cotta and cast- NORTH STATE STREET
iron – both fire resistant and durable – became prevalent. Terra-
cotta was also an excellent material for decorative carving and N MICHIGAN AVENUE
so sheaths many of the city’s steel-frame buildings. A detailed
overview of Chicago’s architecture is found on pages 28–9. WEST GRAND AVENUE

Crilly Court Downtown Lake
The Crilly Court row houses (see p73), with Michigan
their turrets and bays, are one of the finest
examples of Queen Anne style in the city.

Newberry Library
Henry Ives Cobb, master of
the Richardsonian Romanesque
style, designed the library
in 1890–93 (see p69). Its
heavy stone walls and
recessed, arched windows
are typical of this style,
popular in the second Gage Group
half of the 19th century. These three buildings reflect
different approaches to
the Chicago School: two, South Loop
designed by Holabird and and Near
Roche, have minimal exterior SOUTH STATE STREET South Side
decoration; the third, with
a facade designed by Louis
Sullivan, is more ornate.
E 35TH STREET SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE

E HYDE PARK BOULEVARD
S COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE
333 West Wacker Drive Harold Washington Library Center
A Post-Modern structure designed by the architect firm This Neo-Classical giant (see p84)
Kohn Pedersen Fox, this building (see pp58–9) was met alludes to Chicago’s many historic
with critical acclaim and local approval when buildings through its varied
constructed in 1983. architectural features.

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