City in Time: Chicago by Ray Furse and Wernher Krutein

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City in Time: Chicago by Chicago Travel Books

City in Time: Chicago by Ray Furse and Wernher Krutein
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Features

Hardcover: 144 pages

Publisher: Sterling November 1, 2007

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1402732996

ISBN-13: 978-1402732997

Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds

Product Description
How did a settlement founded in a swamp become one of the world’s greatest metropolises in just 200 years? That’s what happened to Chicago, and perhaps its success is best summed up in the words of Daniel Burnham, architect and city planner: “Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Think big.” Watch the “Windy City” change and grow before your eyes in dramatic photos of its renowned treasures, past and present. Among the famous sights so evocatively presented are the renowned Art Institute, Soldier Field, Haymarket Square, the Water Tower, Wrigley Field, Navy Pier, and the Loop. Learn, also, how the city’s central location helped it expand economically; about Chicago’s great entrepreneurs and artists; and about Chicagoland food and sports.

Reader Reviews
If you love Chicago, you'll love this book, especially if you are no longer near Chicago. We have here 140 pages of pictures of Chicago landmarks, sorted into "then" on the left page and "now" on the right, accompanied by about a hundred words of caption explaining what you are looking at and why it is significant. All are landmarks of Chicago and include at least one spot everybody who has ever been there must have gone by, stared at, gone in, or admired. As a graduate of Illinois Tech., I did catch one awful clinker. To have the building on page 109 (the original Old Main of Armour Institute of Technology) called Crown Hall (it is really about two blocks from there) must have had Mies van der Rohe spinning in his grave for at least a month.

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