The Metropolis of Tomorrow and Europe of the Middle

and Europe of the Middle Ages and Renaissance

and industry ever assembled

Stratospheron

Blum's introductory texts relate the trends in fashion to the social changes of the dynamic and restless era

The Metropolis of Tomorrow and Europe of the MiddleIn 1916, New York City enacted zoning laws that mandated the building of set back structures so that light and air would be more freely admitted into the streets below. This concept was first proposed by Louis Sullivan in his 1891 article, The High Building Question (inspired by William Le Baron Jenneys recently completed Manhattan Building in Chicago.) Hugh Ferriss (1889 1962), American draftsman and architect, studied architecture at Washington