Jan Morris: "Bangunan jarang hanya berupa bangunan di pusat kota Chica...

"Bangunan jarang hanya berupa bangunan di pusat kota Chicago, mereka adalah contoh, dan bukan kota di bumi, sumpah, sepengetahuan luas dengan makna arsitektur. Di mana lagi sebuah department store memasukkan dalam iklannya nama arsitek yang menciptakannya, atau bagian properti surat kabar memberikan penjelasan ilmiah tentang desain teoretis?"

--- Jan Morris

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Buildings are seldom just buildings in downtown Chicago, they are Examples, and not a city on Earth, I swear, is as knowledgeably preoccupied with architectural meaning. Where else would a department store include in its advertisements the name of the architect who created it, or a newspaper property section throw in a scholarly exposition of theoretical design?