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The Chicago Water Tower
John F. Hogan
出版Arcadia Publishing, 2019-12-09
主題Architecture / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
ISBN14396687019781439668702
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vdu8DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Contaminated drinking water killed thousands of Chicago's original citizens, so the city took the unprecedented step of digging a tunnel two miles long and 30 feet below lake bottom. Since the facilities on shore included an unsightly 138-foot vertical pipe, famed architect William Boyington concealed it with a limestone, castle-like tower that soon became a celebrated landmark. Through the first 150 years of its existence, Chicago's iconic Water Tower has survived the Great Fire-the only public structure in the burn zone to do so-and at least four attempts at demolition. John Hogan pays tribute to the beloved monument that accompanied the evolution of Michigan Avenue from cowpath to Magnificent Mile.