Postcard Book-Chicago Y8338 " was one of twelve

" was one of twelve magazine covers designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1927 for Liberty magazine

Ribbon cut

Text by Alan Hess

and highlights a selection of Wright's buildings to show how he dealt with these issues

Children’s fascination with buildings is a natural outgrowth of their curiosity about anything strange or huge or complex

Postcard Book-Chicago Y8338 " was one of twelveChicago rebounded from its famous fire of 1871 with an onslaught of construction. In 1885 the city celebrated the completion of the first skyscraperthe 10 story Home Insurance Buildinginitiating a new era in architecture and marking Chicago as the worlds center of the skyscraper, a distinction that it holds to this day. Driven by the talents and vision of such trailblazing architects as Louis Sullivan, D. H. Burnham, and John Wellborn Root, and in