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02790aam a2200373 i 4500 001 DBD4964C047611EB89AE83802EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201002011536 008 190726t20202020txuab b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2019026481 020 $a 1477320199 020 $a 9781477320198 035 $a (OCoLC)1110659125 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d IKM $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-tx 050 00 $a NA735 H68 B73 2020 100 1 $a Bradley, Barrie Scardino, $d 1945- $e author. 245 10 $a Improbable metropolis : $b Houston's architectural and urban history / $c Barrie Scardino Bradley. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Austin : $b University of Texas Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xiv, 397 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color); $c 29 cm. 490 1 $a Roger Fullington series in architecture 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This is a history of Houston told through its built environment. Houston has grown from a frontier town founded in 1836 to the fourth-largest city in the United States in 180 years, and its landscape tells the story of that growth. Bradley explores the many elements that have influenced Houston's development over almost two centuries while delving into significant buildings of each era. Factors such as its role as a port city, the energy boom, the growth of the freeway system, the space program, the city's juxtaposition between South and West, and an array of visionary urban planners and architects have all played a part in Houston's architecture. She also examines how chance events like natural disasters influenced Houston's trajectory, such as the hurricane that devastated Galveston in 1900 and made Houston the premier port in Texas, up through Hurricane Harvey. Moving through each period in the city's history, Bradley examines various types of buildings -- residential, commercial, industrial, civic, recreational, and religious -- with copious photographs and plans, as well as the history and culture that played a part in shaping the urban landscape. Each chapter also includes a sidebar that goes into greater detail about one particular subject, ranging from Houston's wards and Montrose to public transportation and population diversity"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Architecture and society $z Houston $z Houston $x History. 650 0 $a Architecture $z Houston $z Houston $x History. 651 0 $a Houston (Tex.) $x Buildings, structures, etc. 651 0 $a Houston (Tex.) $x History. 830 0 $a Roger Fullington series in architecture 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240403012839.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DBD4964C047611EB89AE83802EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search