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Carson Pirie Scott : Louis Sullivan and the Chicago department store / Joseph Siry.

By: Siry, Joseph, 1956-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Chicago architecture and urbanism.Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988Description: viii, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0226761363.Subject(s): Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation | Carson Pirie Scott | Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century | Skyscrapers -- Illinois -- Chicago | Department stores -- Illinois -- Chicago | Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etcDDC classification: 725.210924
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Bibliography: p. 277-284. - Includes index.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I The Development of Chicago's State Street and Its Department Stores in 1898
  • II A Chronology of the Schlesinger and Mayer Store
  • III Sullivan's Department Store on State Street
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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CHOICE Review

Siry's book analyzes the history and architecture of the Carson Pirie Scott store in Chicago, one of architect Louis Sullivan's most important buildings. Designed in 1889, and built from 1899 to 1904, it was Sullivan's last commission for a large commercial building, thus marking the culmination of his brilliant career as an innovator in the development of the tall steel-framed building. The book is well organized with chapters on Chicago's State Street and its 19th-century department stores, a chronology of the Carson Pirie Scott store's design and construction, and an analysis of its display windows and highly ornamented base, its upper facade, and its interiors. Siry emphasizes the importance of the building's design as a response to the specific character of the Chicago department store in 1900 and compares it to similar buildings in Chicago and New York. He also links it to later developments in modern architecture, especially to the steel-framed buildings of Mies van der Rohe. It is a thorough and scholarly monograph, beautifully illustrated with more than 100 photographs and drawings, including original construction drawings by Sullivan's office. Recommended for architectural historians and for students and professionals in American studies, history, engineering, and social sciences. -J. W. Stamper, University of Notre Dame