Illustrated with over 350 duotone photographs and floor plans, many published here for the first time,'North Shore Chicago"recounts the stories of Chicago's great industrial and merchant families - including the Armours, Donnelleys, and McCormics - and their creative interaction with both the region's leading architects - David Adler, Daniel Burnham, Howard Van Doren Shaw, and Frank Lloyd Wright - and their national counterparts - Delano and Aldrich, Harrie Lindeberg, and Charles Platt. Their collaboration produced some of the finest examples of American residential architecture of the 20th century. "
