Fire and Clay: How Brick Reveals the Hidden History of Chicago Aram Han Sifuentes Mark Menjivar

Mark Menjivar

Dimensions: 3 x 4"

Chicago Botanical Gardens

Born in Chicago in 1964

where he taught from 1984 to 2000

Fire and Clay: How Brick Reveals the Hidden History of Chicago Aram Han Sifuentes Mark MenjivarBy the late 1920s, at its peak of brick making and consumption, Chicago was making over a billion bricks a year for its buildings and importing almost another billion nicer face bricks for their front facades. Throughout Chicagos history, brick dramatically transformed from a simple fireproof building material into an integral piece of architectural design. And no one knows the hidden details and stories of this fascinating history like Chicagos