{"product_id":"chicago-skyscrapers-1934-1987","title":"Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newberry.org\/news\/the-pattis-family-foundation-and-the-newberry-library-announce-2024-chicago-book-award-recipient\"\u003eThe Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award, by The Pattis Family Foundation and the Newberry Library\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n From skyline-defining icons to wonders of the world, the second period of the Chicago skyscraper transformed the way Chicagoans lived and worked. Thomas Leslie’s comprehensive look at the modern skyscraper era views the skyscraper idea, and the buildings themselves, within the broad expanse of city history. As construction emerged from the Great Depression, structural, mechanical, and cladding innovations evolved while continuing to influence designs. But the truly radical changes concerned the motivations that drove construction. While profit remained key in the Loop, developers elsewhere in Chicago worked with a Daley political regime that saw tall buildings as tools for a wholesale recasting of the city’s appearance, demography, and economy. Focusing on both the wider cityscape and specific buildings, Leslie reveals skyscrapers to be the physical results of negotiations between motivating and mechanical causes. \u003cp\u003eIllustrated with more than 140 photographs, \u003ci\u003eChicago Skyscrapers, 1934–1986\u003c\/i\u003e tells the fascinating stories of the people, ideas, negotiations, decision-making, compromises, and strategies that changed the history of architecture and one of its showcase cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Thomas Leslie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574374203574,"sku":"9780252054112","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780252054112_37f18e1a-b6ba-4fd4-b216-47dd4f05de16.jpg?v=1726057269","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/chicago-skyscrapers-1934-1987","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}