Navy Pier : a Chicago landmark / Douglas Bukowski.

Main entry:

Bukowski, Douglas, 1952-

Title & Author:

Navy Pier : a Chicago landmark / Douglas Bukowski.

Publication:

Chicago : Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, 1996.

Description:

vii, 88 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 83).
City foundations -- Planning several piers, building one -- The first golden age -- From training school to university -- Shifting roles -- A second golden age -- Navy Pier fact sheet.

Summary:

Traces the origins and construction of Navy Pier and describes its "golden era" to 1940, its role in the World War II home front, its college campus years, and its rediscovery and redevelopment for recreational use from the 1970s to the present.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

1566631394 (hardcover)
9781566631396 (hardcover)
1566631157 (paperback)
9781566631150 (paperback)

Subject:

Buildings
Navy Pier (Chicago, Ill.) History.
Navy Pier (Chicago, Ill.) History Pictorial works.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
Illinois Chicago
Illinois Chicago Navy Pier

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 110740
Call No.: ID F548.63.N38.B85; ID:96-B1789
Status: Available

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