This page gathers the principal institutional and historical sources used to check the tour. It is a starting point for further research rather than a claim that every source is exhaustive.
Landmarks and architecture
- City of Chicago: Seven Houses on Lake Shore Drive District
- City of Chicago: Astor Street District
- Society of Architectural Historians: Charnley-Persky House
- International Museum of Surgical Science: Eleanor Robinson Countiss House
- Graham Foundation: Madlener House
- Chicago Architecture Center: Gold Coast and Astor Street
People, institutions and cultural history
- Art Institute of Chicago: Bertha Honoré Palmer and Potter Palmer
- Art Institute of Chicago: Bertha Palmer, Sara Hallowell and Monet in Chicago
- PBS American Experience: The Palmers
- St. Chrysostom’s Church: Our History
- 3Arts: History of the Three Arts Club
Print and newspaper research
Harvey Warren Zorbaugh’s The Gold Coast and the Slum (1929) provides an essential contemporary account of the Near North Side’s social geography. The 1440 North Lake Shore Drive deep dive also draws on Chicago Tribune reports and advertisements from February 1961, 1962–64, January 1970 and 1973–74.
Images
Contemporary photographs and historical scans were assembled from Michael Silverman’s project files. Historical clippings are identified by publication and date where known. Copyright remains with the respective photographers, publications and archives.