McCagg's Greenhouse, and discussion of survival of the Lind Block and 2 houses Chicago In and Around the Loop - Walking Tours of Architecture and History.
^ "Throwback Thursday: Chicago Water Tower Edition". 
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^ a b "National Register Information System". In 20, the tower was featured in the finales of The Amazing Race 6 and The Amazing Race 29 respectively. The Tower was named an American Water Landmark in 1969. The Water Tower's castle-like style inspired the design of some White Castle restaurant buildings. Oscar Wilde said it looked like "a castellated monstrosity with pepper boxes stuck all over it," although he did admire the arrangement and movement of the pumping machinery inside. The structure has not been universally admired. In 2014, the small park the tower is sited in was named for former Chicago mayor Jane Byrne. This renovation consisted mostly of interior changes with only minor changes made to the exterior of the building. At that time many of the limestone blocks were replaced. The first took place during a three-year period, 1913–1916. In 1918, when Pine Street was widened, the plans were altered in order to give the Water Tower a featured location in the city. In the years since the fire, the tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and of the city's recovery from the fire. During the blaze, the roof caught fire and collapsed into the pumps, destroying them, along with any hope that there would be enough water to stop the spread of the fire. “Many Chicagoans know that the Water Tower survived the fire. The roof, not made of limestone, caught fire and the pumps stopped working, stopped supplying water to fight the fire. Ironically, the pumping station stopped working during the fire. A few other buildings in the burned district did survive along with the tower. The tower was the only public building in the burned zone to survive, and is one of just a few of the surviving structures still standing. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Together with the adjacent Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, it drew clean water from water cribs in Lake Michigan. In addition to being used for firefighting, the pressure in the pipe could be regulated to control water surges in the area. Inside was a 138-foot (42 m) high standpipe to hold water. Boyington from yellowing Lemont limestone, is 182.5 feet (55 m) tall. The tower, built in 1869 by architect William W. Mr.The tower in comparison to other high rises in the area, September 2013 The Gospel According to Walt Whitman (1889) Two Biographies of Sir Philip Sidney (1886)Ī Cheap Edition of a Great Man (1887) "Half Hours with the Worst Authors" (1886) Introduction: The Critic as Artist as Wilde, by Richard Ellmann "The best of Wilde’s nonfictional prose can be found in The Artist as Critic."-Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Read More about The Artist as Critic Read Less about The Artist as Critic emerges now as not only brilliant but also revolutionary, one of the great thinkers of dangerous thoughts."-Walter Allen, New York Times Book Review The Artist as Critic will satisfy any Wilde fan’s yearning for an essential reading of his critical work. W.H.," "The Soul Man under Socialism," and the four essays which make up Intentions. Included in Richard Ellmann’s impressive collection of Wilde’s criticism, The Artist as Critic, is a wide selection of Wilde’s book reviews as well as such famous longer works as "The Portrait of Mr. Scholars continue to debate many of Wilde’s critical positions. He was an early advocate of criticism as an independent branch of literature and stressed its vital role in the creative process. Although known primarily as the irreverent but dazzlingly witty playwright who penned The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde was also an able and farsighted critic.
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