The Central Library, Benson Hotel, Reed College, the Meier & Frank building, the U.S. National Bankathese are just a few of the grand Portland icons designed by Albert E. Doyle. During a period of rapid growth in Portland, Oregon, after the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition and before the Great Depression, Doyle (1877-1928) was the cityas most important architect. Doyleas career was short, just twenty-one years. Yet everywhere Portland retains his imprint. Beauty of the City is the first biography of this celebrated architect.