03. Fire & Reconstruction (1871-1880s)
- Pacyga, Chicago/A Biography: chapter 4
- Gelernter, American Architecture: chapter 6
- “The Poetics of Ruin,” (pp. 63-105) in Miller, The Great Chicago Fire
- What if the Great Fire never happened?
05. Skyscrapers (1885-1905)
- Pacyga, Chicago/A Biography: chapter 5
- Gelernter, American Architecture: chapter 7
- Colquhoun, Modern Architecture: chapter 2
- Sullivan, “Oasis” (pp. 28-33) & “Department Store” (pp. 40-42) & “Tall Office Building Artistically Considered” in Kindergarten Chats
- Condit, The Rise of the Skyscraper, ch. 1 (pp. 1-10)
- Rec.: Bruegmann, “Myth,” (pp. 15-29) in Waldheim, Chicago Architecture
07. Other “Chicago Schools” (1895-1925)
- Pacyga, Chicago: chs. 6 & 7
- Gelernter, American Architecture: chapter 8
- Thomas Tallmadge, “Chicago School,” Arch Record (April 1908)
- Sandburg, “Chicago” in Smokestacks (pp. 123-24) +bring photocopy
- Peisch, The Chicago School of Arch’re.: ch. 5 (skim)
- Greene, Howard Van Doren Shaw (pp. 12-19)
- Wright, “the Art and Craft of the Machine”