TOMMOROW'S CHICAGO

Language: English

Published by THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, CHICAGO, IL, 1953

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THE DUST JACKET HAS SMALL EDGE TEARSESPECIALLY NEAR THE SPINE ENDSTHIS IS AN INTERESTING BOOK THAT WAS PUBLISHED FORTY YEARS AFTER A BOOK. "THE WACKER MANUAL OF1912" ' PROPOSED A DREAM OF WHAT CHICAGO COULD BECOME WITH THOUGHTFUL PLANNING. THIS BOOK, FIFTY YEARS LATER TAKES ON A SIMILAR AMBITION. THE CHICAGO "METROPOLITAN HOUSING AND PLANNING COUNCIL" ALONG WITH TWENTY-NINE CONSULTANTS CREATED THIS BOOK'S PROPOSALS. THE PROPOSALS ARE PUBLISHED BY A PROFESSOR OF SOCIALOGY AND A WELL KNOW AUTHOR IN BOOK FORM FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. THERE ARE 73 B/W PHOTOGRAPHS OF SITES IN CHICAGO BEFORE AND IN 1953 THAT ARE ACCOMPANIED BY INNOVATIVE AND INFORMATIVE FACTS, GRAPHIC CHARTS, MAPS , PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROPOSALS. ONE WONDERS HOW MANY OF THE PROPOSALS HAVE COME TO FRUITION IN THE ENSUING FIFTY YEARS.

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Title
TOMMOROW'S CHICAGO
Author
ARTHUR HILLMAN AND ROBERT J. CASEY
Publisher
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, CHICAGO, IL
Publication year
1953
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
6 1/4" x 9 1/4"

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Aah! Rare Chicago specializes in collections of Chicago authors such as David Mamet, Ben Hecht, Vincent Starrett,James T. Farrell, Eugene Field, George Ade, Studs Terkel and many others along with collections of Chicago Publishers such as Stone and Kimball and Way and Willams. We have hundreds of books about Chicago dating back to the early 1800s including Crime, Prostitution, Banking, Mayors, Architecture, Newspapers, Sports, the 1968 Democratic convention riots including posters and the subsequent conspiracy trial, Prefire imprints and Business. Much of the material is very difficult to find material such as in early in magazines and other ephemera.

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