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Chicago window

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | 270 words | Copyright

Chicago window. Horizontal window consisting of a large square fixed central pane with narrow vertical sliding-sashes on either side, as in the Carson, Pirie, & Scott Store, Chicago, by Sullivan of 1899–1904. It is usually the full width of a structural bay.

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