Chicago Interiors: Views of a Splendid World
- ISBN-10
- 0809259923
- ISBN-13
- 9780809259922
- Category
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Pages
- 150
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
- Author
- David Lowe
Description
When I saw a photograph of the Adaminspired dining room of the Pearson Hotel I knew why it was more truly ritzy than the ... William Boyington , Frank Lloyd Wright , George W. Maher , Howard Van Doren Shaw , and John Wellborn Root .
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