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VOLUME FOUR: INTERREGNUM (1886-1888)
CHAPTER 1: CLASS CONFLICT AND ECONOMIC STAGNATION: KANSAS CITY AND MINNEAPOLIS /ST. PAUL (1884-1888)
1.1. SUMMARIZING VOLUME THREE: 1879-1886
1.2. DEADLINE: MAY 1, 1886, AND THE HAYMARKET SQUARE BOMBING
1.3. THE RAILROAD GIVETH, AND THE RAILROAD TAKETH: MANIFEST DESTINY MOVES ON
1.4. KANSAS CITY AND THE REFRIGERATED MEAT CAR
1.5. THE MIDLAND HOTEL: THE “LITTLE ROOKERY”
1.6. THE KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE: THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM
1.7. THE KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE: DETAILS
1.8. THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
1.9. MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL: TWIN THREATS
1.10. LEROY S. BUFFINGTON: MINNESOTA’S LEADING ARCHITECT
1.12. DUELING SKYSCRAPERS: MINNEAPOLIS
1.13. “MODERN AMERICAN:” THE FIRST IRON-FRAMED GLASS BOX?
1.14. DUELING SKYSCRAPERS: ST. PAUL
CHAPTER 2: PLANNING THE AUDITORIUM
2.1. FERDINAND PECK STRUGGLES TO LAUNCH HIS AUDITORIUM, UNTIL THE HAYMARKET ERUPTS
2.2. SECURING A SITE
2.3. THE HAYMARKET BOMBING IGNITES THE PLANNING
2.4. PROGRAMMING THE AUDITORIUM: THE HOTEL
2.5. THE FIRST DESIGN
2.6. THE FIGHT OVER THE CHOICE OF AN ARCHITECT
2.7. THE SECOND DESIGN
2.8. PLAYING FOR TIME: WILLIAM WARE IS INVITED TO REVIEW THE DESIGNS
2.9. THE THIRD DESIGN (BY WILLIAM WARE)
2.10. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT: THE FOUNDATIONS
2.11. ONE YEAR AFTER HAYMARKET: TURNING BRICK INTO STONE – DESIGN #4
2.12. LAYING THE CORNERSTONE
2.13. ST. LOUIS AND CINCINNATI MAKE THEIR BIDS FOR THE CONVENTIONS
2.14. PREPARING FOR THE 1888 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
2.15. ADLER’S DESIGN OF THE THEATER HOUSE
CHAPTER 3: EIFFEL AND BUFFINGTON USE IRON TO RESIST THE WIND
3.1. LEROY BUFFINGTON’S 28-STORY ‘CLOUDSCRAPER’
3.2. A REVIEW OF MULTISTORIED IRON-FRAMED CONSTRUCTION
3.3. BUFFINGTON PREPARES HIS PATENT APPLICATION
3.4. EIFFEL”S STATUE OF LIBERTY
3.5. HOW DID BUFFINGTON “FIND” EIFFEL’S DETAILS?
3.6. BUFFINGTON’S DESIGN FOR THE INDIANA STATE SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ MONUMENT
3.7. FRANCE’S BID TO RECAPTURE THE TALLEST BUILDING RECORD: EIFFEL’S 300-METER TOWER
3.8. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT IS FINALLY COMPLETED
3.9. EARLY DESIGNS FOR THE 300-M TOWER
3.10. SHOULD THERE EVEN BE A FAIR TO CELEBRATE 1789?
3.11. EIFFEL BEGINS CONSTRUCTION
3.12. THE SECOND EMPIRE STRIKES BACK… AND FAILS
3.13. BUFFINGTON’S CLOUDSCRAPER
3.14. THE TWIN CITIES OVERTAKE CHICAGO
3.15. THE PIONEER PRESS BUILDING
3.16. THE NORTHWESTERN GUARANTY BUILDING
3.17. THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF BUFFINGTON’S PATENT
3.18. THE FABRICATION OF THE BIG LIE: THE HOME INSURANCE BUILDING
3.19. THE END: BUFFINGTON CHANGES THE DATES ON HIS DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 4: THE NEW AND IMPROVED AIA: SAME NAME, NEW RULES
4.1. THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL SKETCH CLUB
4.2. THE REFORMATION OF THE A.I.A.: ACT ONE
4.3. ACT TWO: THE 1887 CONVENTIONS
4.4. ACT THREE: THE 1888 CONVENTIONS
4.5. THE FALL OF BURNHAM
4.6. THE A.I.A. TRIES TO BACK OUT
4.7. THE FINALE: THE 1889 CINCINNATI CONSOLIDATION CONVENTION: DAY ONE
4.8. THE FINALE DAY ONE: THE EVENING SESSION
CHAPTER 5: ROOT AND SULLIVAN DURING THE 1886-88 SLOWDOWN
5.1. THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: ROOT’S RESPONSE TO THE AUDITORIUM
5.2. MEDIEVAL REVIVAL: THE CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS BANK
5.3. ROOT FINDS HIS COLOR DESIGNER: WILLIAM PRETYMAN
5.4. THE WOMEN’S TEMPLE v.1.0.
5.5. SULLIVAN’S FINAL EXTERIOR DESIGN OF THE AUDITORIUM
5.6. SULLIVAN’S FIRST BOX: THE STANDARD CLUB
5.7. THE MARTIN L. RYERSON TOMB
5.8. TABULA RASA: THE WALKER WAREHOUSE
CHAPTER 6: COMPLETING THE AUDITORIUM
6.1. PROGRAMMING THE AUDITORIUM: THE OFFICE FLOORS
6.2. PROGRAMMING THE AUDITORIUM: THE HOTEL
6.3. COMPLETING THE AUDITORIUM THEATER’S INTERIOR
6.4. ORNAMENTING THE THEATER HOUSE
6.5. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: OPENING NIGHT
6.6. DETAILING THE INTERIOR OF THE HOTEL
6.7. POSTSCRIPT: THE LIFE OF THE AUDITORIUM
VOLUME FIVE: THE CHICAGO SCHOOL: PART TWO (1888-1891)
CHAPTER 1: CONFRONTING THE PROBLEMS OF THE IRON-FRAMED SKYSCRAPER
1.1. SUMMARIZING VOLUME FOUR: EVENTS IN OTHER CITIES
1.2. A REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRON SKELETON FRAME
1.3. THE TECHNICAL ISSUES OF THE IRON-FRAMED SKYSCRAPER: FIREPROOFING
1.4. THE TECHNICAL ISSUES OF THE IRON-FRAMED SKYSCRAPER: WIND LOADS
1.5. SUMMARIZING THE ROMANESQUE REVIVAL
1.7. WHAT MAKES A “CHICAGO SCHOOL” BUILDING?
1.8. A NEW SYSTEM OF ORNAMENT
1.9. LA QUERELLE DES ANCIENS ET DES MODERNES COMES TO AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
1.10. THE ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION OF “FUNCTION”
1.11. SIX TECHNIQUES OF SKYSCRAPER EXPRESSION
1.12. MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE EAST…
CHAPTER 2: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT RETURNS TO CHICAGO
2.1. SUMMARIZING VOLUME FOUR: REAL ESTATE
.2.2 THE SANTA FE RAILROAD COMES TO THE DEARBORN STREET STATION
CHAPTER 3: THE IRON FRAME MAKES ITS CHICAGO APPEARANCE
3.1. THE OWINGS BUILDING
3.2. THE TACOMA BUILDING: WIRT D. WALKER
3.3. THE TACOMA BUILDING: GEORGE FULLER
3.4. THE TACOMA BUILDING: THE BAY WINDOW
3.5. THE TACOMA BUILDING: HOLABIRD & ROCHE
3.6. THE TACOMA BUILDING: THE FINAL DESIGN
3.7. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING
3.8. ROOT’S WHITMAN’S SAMPLER: THE RAND-McNALLY BUILDING
3.9. FIELD VS. LEITER: ROUND TWO-THE SECOND LEITER BUILDING
3.10. JENNEY’S DESIGN FOR THE SECOND LEITER BUILDING
CHAPTER 4. THE FULFILLMENT OF DEARBORN
4.1. THE 1889 HEIGHT LIMIT THREAT
4.2. THE MANHATTAN BUILDING: THE SKELETON FRAME
4.3. JENNEY’S DESIGN FOR THE MANHATTAN BUILDING
4.4. REVIEW: THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MONADNOCK BLOCK
4.5. DEVELOPMENTS: MAY 1886-MAY 1889
4.6. WHERE WAS ROOT’S HEAD IN JUNE 1889?
4.7. ROOT’S SKELETON-FRAMED MONADNOCK DESIGN
4.8. THE RELIANCE BUILDING: THE MONADNOCK’S TWIN
4.9. THE ART OF THE WALL: THE 1ST REGIMENTAL ARMORY
4.10. ROOT’S FINAL DESIGN OF THE MONADNOCK
4.11. WHY ROOT WANTED TO USE COLOR
4.12. THE STRUCTURE OF THE MONADNOCK
4.13. SUMMARY: THE MONADNOCK BLOCK
4.14. ALL IN THE FAMILY: THE CAXTON AND THE PONTIAC BUILDINGS
4.15. THE CHICAGO HOTEL: THE CONTINUOUS SKIN v.3.0
VOLUME SIX: THE 1892 WORLD’S FAIR: NEW YORK VS. CHICAGO
CHAPTER 1. EVENTS IN NEW YORK
1.1. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE A.I.A. AND W.A.A. BRING BURNHAM AND ROOT TO NYC
1.2. NEW YORK CITY PREPARES FOR THE 1892 FAIR
1.3. HUNT AND THE FRANCOIS I STYLE
1.4. THE DAKOTA
1.5. GEORGE POST’S LATEST SKYSCRAPERS: THE NEW YORK WORLD BUILDING
1.7. AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS AND HIS DIANA
CHAPTER 2: 1890-ROOT’S LAST YEAR
2.1. GIVE THE LADIES WANT THEY WANT: THE WOMEN’S TEMPLE v.2.0
2.3. NEARER TO THEE: THE MASONIC TEMPLE
2.4. THE TIME HAS COME TO BUILD BUFFINGTON’S CLOUDSCRAPER
2.5. THE MASONIC TEMPLE: PROGRAM
2.7. THE OBSERVATION DECK
