{"product_id":"the-wrigley-building","title":"The Wrigley Building","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn in-depth look at America’s historic skyscraper and Chicago’s most iconic building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the captivating story of the spectacular architecture of the century-old Wrigley Building—its design, construction, and enduring significance as one of Chicago’s most emblematic buildings. Through meticulous research and spectacular photography, the book unearths a century’s worth of architectural, social, and business history, shedding light on many aspects of the Wrigley Building for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wrigley represents the high-water mark of Beaux Arts Classicism in the city, a gleaming white palazzo at the head of Chicago’s grandest boulevard, Michigan Avenue. With lavish terra-cotta ornamentation, it was Chicago’s tallest building when it opened in 1921. The book focuses on the intertwined stories of William Wrigley Jr., the larger-than-life founder of the chewing gum empire, and Charles Gerhard Beersman, the relatively unknown architect who, mentored by architect Julia Morgan, brought the building to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"search-metadata\"\u003eThe Making of an Icon Robert Sharoff 978-0-8478-4336-7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hochparterre Bücher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53181945938248,"sku":"978-0-8478-4336-7","price":99.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0255\/9816\/files\/img_0664.jpg?v=1779811656","url":"https:\/\/www.hochparterre-buecher.ch\/products\/the-wrigley-building","provider":"Hochparterre Bücher","version":"1.0","type":"link"}