Tag: Louis Sullivan

  • The Skyscraper’s Unseeing Eyes: Louis Sullivan, Nella Larsen, and Racial Formalism American Literature Volume 89, Issue 3 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.1215/00029831-4160846 Sue Shon Since its inception, the skyscraper has served as an icon of American innovation, modernity, and freedom. Upholding this image has erased the racial thinking and racist practices foundational to this born-and-bred American architectural…