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Tables of Contents for Cass Gilbert, Life and Work
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
9
6
Steven Flanders
Introduction
15
10
Robert A. M. Stern
PART 1. A NATIONAL PRACTICE BUILT FROM THE ``NORTHWEST''
25
60
Architectural Education and Minnesota Career Patricia Anne Murphy
27
19
Launching a Career: Residential and Ecclesiastical Work from the St. Paul Office
46
16
Thomas R. Blanck
Charles Locks
The Politics of Public Architecture
62
11
Geoffrey Blodgett
The Aesthetics of an Eclectic Architect
73
12
Mary Beth Betts
PART 2. A DEFINING MOMENT IN AMERICAN CIVIC ARCHITECTURE
85
50
The Minnesota State Capitol: Thinking Internationally, Designing Locally
87
13
Thomas O'Sullivan
The Civilization of the West
100
13
Sally Webster
High Culture by the Square Foot
113
12
Bailey Van Hook
The Restoration and Preservation of Minnesota's Showplace
125
10
Carolyn Kompelien
PART 3. MONUMENTALITY IN NEW YORK
135
40
The Image of the City: The Woolworth Building and the Creation of the New York Skyline
137
12
Gail Fenske
In the Camera's Eye: The Woolworth Building and American Avant-Garde Photography and Film
149
14
Mary N. Woods
``Great Gray Buildings'': The United States Army Supply Base
163
12
Sharon Irish
PART 4. IDEALS IN PLANNING
175
58
A ``New'' New England: Proposals for New Haven and Waterbury, Connecticut
177
15
Barbara S. Christen
The University of Texas: Vision and Ambition
192
14
Lawrence W. Speck
Oberlin: The Grand Collaboration
206
14
Geoffrey Blodgett
A British Response to American Classicism: Cass Gilbert and Charles Reilly
220
13
Joseph Sharples
PART 5. GILBERT AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
233
56
St. Louis: Public Architecture, Civic Ideals
235
17
Ingrid A. Steffensen
``A Difficult and Perplexing Matter'': The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
252
13
Susan Luftschein
A User's Viewpoint: Gilbert and His Public
265
7
Jeffry H. Gallet
Representing American Justice: The United States Supreme Court
272
17
Paul Spencer Byard
Postscript
289
4
Dennis Jacobs
Notes
293
18
Contributors
311
2
Index
313