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- English
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About this book
At the time of its completion in 1962, Chicago's Randhurst Shopping Center was billed as the world's largest shopping center under one roof. Its brash and flamboyant architect, Victor Gruen, the man known as the 'Father of the Shopping Mall,' declared Randhurst different from any established building type in the world. Gruen turned commercial architecture into an art form, in turn making himself a household name. This is the narrative of the people who walked Randhurst's corridors, from Robert F. Kennedy to Mr. T; of stores and their stories; of the parties, pomp and personalities involved in the life, death and rebirth of an exceptional and atypical place. This is Randhurst.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. âUnequivocally, YesâŚâ
- 1. âWe Will Have State Street in Mount Prospectâ
- 2. âThis Is the First Time This Has Happened Anywhere in the Countryâ: Conceptualizing Randhurst
- 3. âMr. Gruen Is Sort of an Intra-Continental Guided Missileâ: The Architect
- 4. âThis Most Unusual Shopping Centerâ: A Novel Groundbreaking Rite
- 5. âThis Is Randhurstâ
- 6. âThis Well-Rounded, Hitch-Proof Programâ: The Randhurst Plan of the 1960s
- 7. âFrom Satellite to Self-Containmentâ: Randhurst and the âTechnoburbsâ of the 1970s
- 8. âReplacement May Be the Only Solutionâ: The Rouse Corporation and Randhurst in the 1980s
- 9. âThe âGrand Experimentâ in the Bottom-Line World of High-Stakes Retailingâ: Randhurst in the 1990s and 2000s
- Epilogue. âThe Only Thing Constant in the Retailing Industry Is Changeâ
- Appendix A. Where Are They Now? A Guide to Selected Shopping Centers of Chicagoland
- Appendix B. Randhurst Directories
- Notes
- About the Author