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Title:
Storming the Old Boys' Citadel : Two Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America
Author:
Blank, Carla., author.
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Publication Information:
Montréal : Baraka Books, [2014]

©2014.
Physical Description:
230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Pt. I The Sister with a Hammer -- An Architect Named Joseph -- An "Enterprising Nun" -- A Heartful Vocation -- Holy Trinity of Settlement -- Providence Faubourg -- Move to Higher Ground -- Providence House Vancouver -- A Brickworks is Born in Vancouver -- From House of Providence to Providence Academy -- Providence Academy for Sale -- Salvation of the Building -- Mother Joseph Goes to DC, a Landmark is Designated -- Restoration of the Chapel -- The Academy for Sale -- Mother Joseph's Signature Building -- Holy Trinity of Development -- A Bridge Across Time, and Interstate 5 -- Pt. II Saving a Grand Old Lady -- Jennie Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856 - 1913) -- The Sources of Buffalo's Heyday The Making of an Architect -- How Buffalo Became an Architectural Museum -- The Architectural Practice of Louise -- Blanchard Bethune -- Pioneering Feats -- Searching Bethune's Buildings -- The Business of a Dedicated Professional Woman -- Private Life -- The Closing Days -- Bethune's Signature Legacy: The Lafayette Hotel -- The Lafayette's Neighbors -- "The Russians want to be French" says Nina L. Khruscheva. So do Americans! -- A President is Gunned Down -- Construction History: Putting the Pieces Together -- The Hotel's Gilded Grand Opening -- Doubling the Footprint -- Prelude of Changes to Come -- The Founding Families -- From A Residence of Presidents to a Crack House -- Rescuing the Fallen Lady and Other Buffalo Architectural Gems -- The Nineteenth-Century Luxury Hotel as a Model for Modern Living -- The Lafayette Hotel's 43-Million-Dollar Restoration -- Creating a Place in the Historical Record --
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ISBN:
9781771860130
Format :
Book