A pictorial history of Chicago's mansions includes fashionable residences designed by such architects as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, Daniel Burnham, and John Wellborn Root.

Offers a look at Chicago's diverse commemorative monuments, markers, and memorials created by unknown artists and notables including Pablo Picasso, Louis Sullivan, and Lorado Taft. (view table of contents)

Product Description: No other city in the world has a park system as great as Chicago’s, which includes over 550 parks totaling more than 7,000 acres. Each park has its own story, as well as unique characteristics and history, and yet the majority of Chicagoans are not aware of the wealth, variety, and sheer number of parks that exist, to say nothing of the ideas theyproject, the history they commemorate, and the origins of their names...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A completely revised and expanded edition of this widely used reference to polymer science and plastics technology. More than 5,200 terms are concisely defined and explained. Hundreds of new terms have been added. All aspects of plastics technology are covered including: plastics and other polymeric materials polymer science plastics chemicals including monomers, catalysts, fillers, colorants, lubricants, flame retardants and other additives processing and fabrication methods and machinery, including molds properties parts, forms and shapes tests, analytical techniques, flammability, toxicity, environmental aspects, and applications In addition to coverage of all commercial plastics, definitions are given for other polymeric materials including adhesives, elastomers, films, foams, coatings and fibers...read more