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Condit, Carl Wilbur was born on September 29, 1914 in Cincinnati. Son of Arthur Thomas and Gertrude (Pletz) Condit.
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2 parts - Part 1 1895-1897 with 4 chapters: The background history of motors and electric railways, The Baltimore and Ohio electrification, Branch line projects of the New Haven and the Pennsylvania, and Manufacturers' experimental locomotives. Part 2 1897-1905 has 6 chapters: the Gare d'Orsay electrification, Innovations and experiments in Europe, Test of high-speed operation in Germany, Progress in England and the United States, The Long Island electrification and Potentialities, engineering conclusions of 1905.
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From the inside book flap: "Condit the book author has long since established himself as the peerless historian of the physical character of our urban milieu. Now he has written 'The Port of New York,' a book that is nothing short of stunning in the way it synthesizes a subject of multidimensionality. His superb narrative is certain to become a classic not only in the annals of technological history and urban history, but also in the whole broad genre of American historiography. - Robert C. Post, Smithsonian Institution " His masterful work demonstrated how the "development of New York's railroad and rail terminal system determined the form, shape, and texture of the city. His study takes us from the incorporation of New York and Harlem Railroad in 1830 to the construction of the Pennsylvania Station." It was "illustrated with ninety maps and halftones."
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Carl Condit (1914-1997) was an American historian of urban and architectural history, a writer, professor, and teacher. He wrote numerous books and articles on the history of American building, especially in Chicago, and founded the History of Science Department at Northwestern University, where he taught for over 30 years. His research specialty was the architecture of Chicago, Illinois, and he lived in Chicago most of his life, having moved there in 1945 in order to study its urban and technological development.
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This thoroughly illustrated classic study traces the history of the world-famous Chicago school of architecture from its beginnings with the functional innovations of William Le Baron Jenney and others to their imaginative development by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. The Chicago School of Architecture places the Chicago school in its historical setting, showing it at once to be the culmination of an iron and concrete construction and the chief pioneer in the evolution of modern architecture. It also assesses the achievements of the school in terms of the economic, social, and cultural growth of Chicago at the turn of the century, and it shows the ultimate meaning of the Chicago work for contemporary architecture. "A major contribution by one of the world's master-historians of building technique."—Reyner Banham, Arts Magazine "A rich, organized record of the distinguished architecture with which Chicago lives and influences the world."—Ruth Moore, Chicago Sun-Times
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This book has a threefold purpose: first, to place the Chicago School in its historical setting, showing it as at once the culmination of a century's development in iron and later concrete construction and the chief pioneer in the evolution of modern architecture; second, to assess the achievements of the School in terms of the economic, social, and cultural growth of Chicago at the turn of the century; and, third, to show the ultimate meaning of the Chicago work for contemporary architecture.
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Condit, Carl Wilbur was born on September 29, 1914 in Cincinnati. Son of Arthur Thomas and Gertrude (Pletz) Condit.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1936. Master of Arts, University Cincinnati, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cincinnati, 1941.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Cincinnati, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Knox College, 1981. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), DePaul University, 1983.
Degree in history science (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1952.
Instructor mathematics and mechanics ordnance training division, War Department, Cincinnati, 1941; Instructor mathematics and mechanics ordnance training division, War Production School, Cincinnati, 1941-1942; Instructor mathematics and mechanics ordnance training division, Engineering College, U. Cincinnati, 1942-1944; assistant designing engineer building department, New York City R.R., Cincinnati, 1944-1945; assistant professor, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1946-1947; from instructor to associate professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1945-1946, 47-61; professor of history, art history and urban affairs, Northwestern University, 1961-1982; professor emeritus, Northwestern University, 1982-1997. Research associate Smithsonian Institution, 1966-1967, member of advisory council, 1973-1978.
(This book has a threefold purpose: first, to place the Ch...)
( This thoroughly illustrated classic study traces the hi...)
(2 parts - Part 1 1895-1897 with 4 chapters: The backgroun...)
(From the inside book flap: "Condit the book author has lo...)
(Carl Condit (1914-1997) was an American historian of urba...)
(Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in ...)
(Great historical book for research, study, or review!)
(Great historical book for research, study, or review!)
(Book by Condit, Carl W.)
(New edition)
Member American Civil Liberties Union, History Science Society, Society Architectural Historians (Distinguished Achievement award Chicago chapter 1982), Society History Technology (executive council 1959-1963, Leonardo da Vinci medal 1973).
Married Isabel Marion Campbell, June 19, 1943. Children: Stephen Campbell (deceased), Richard Stuart, Kenneth Arthur.