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Book Forgotten Chicago

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Paulett
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780738532790
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Forgotten Chicago written by John Paulett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial tour of many of Chicago's famed architectural wonders includes the old Northwestern Train station, the Coliseum, the Chicago Stadium, old Comiskey Park, Soldier Field, and some of Chicago's most famous diners.

Book Neoliberal Chicago

Download or read book Neoliberal Chicago written by Larry Bennett and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The neoliberal philosophy of fiscal austerity aligned with reduced regulation has transformed Chicago. As pursued by mayor Rahm Emanuel and his predecessor Richard M. Daley, neoliberalism led officials to privatize everything from parking meters to schools, gut regulations and social services, and promote gentrification wherever possible. The essayists in Neoliberal Chicago explore an essential question: how does neoliberalism work on the ground in today's Chicago? Contextual chapters explore race relations, physical development, and why Chicago embraced neoliberalism. Other contributors delve into aspects of the neoliberal vision, neoliberalism's impact on three iconic city spaces, and how events like the 2008 foreclosure crisis and the bid to attract the Olympic Games reveal the workings of neoliberalism. Contributors: Stephen Alexander, Larry Bennett, Michael Bennett, Carrie Breitbach, Sean Dinces, Kenneth Fidel, Roberta Garner, Euan Hague, Black Hawk Hancock, Christopher Lamberti, Michael J. Lorr, Martha Martinez, Brendan McQuade, Alex G. Papadopoulos, Rajiv Shah, Costas Spirou, Carolina Sternberg, and Yue Zhang.

Book Morris Henry Hobbs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Reed W. Isbell
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-09-15
  • ISBN : 9780692914694
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book Morris Henry Hobbs written by Reed W. Isbell and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive catalogue of the graphic works of Morris Henry Hobbs (American, 1892-1967).

Book Pocket Operations

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Wenzel
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 0359849083
  • Pages : 74 pages

Download or read book Pocket Operations written by Paul Wenzel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chicago Artist Colonies

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  • Author : Keith M. Stolte
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 1467143227
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Chicago Artist Colonies written by Keith M. Stolte and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, Chicago's leading painters, sculptors, writers, actors, dancers and architects congregated together in close-knit artistic enclaves. After the Columbian Exposition, they set up shop in places like Lambert Tree Studios and the 57th Street Artist Colony. Nationally renowned figures like Theodore Dreiser, Margaret Anderson, Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan became colleagues, confidants and neighbors. In the 1920s, Carl Sandburg, Emma Goldman, Ernest Hemingway, Ben Hecht, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Clarence Darrow transformed the speakeasies and bohemian bistros of Towertown into Chicago's Greenwich Village. In Old Town, Renaissance man Edgar Miller and progressive architect Andrew Rebori collaborated on the Frank Fisher Studios, one of the finest examples of Art Moderne architecture in the country. From Nellie Walker to Roger Ebert, Keith Stolte visits Chicago's ascendant artistic spirits in their chosen sanctuaries.

Book Air Guitar

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dave Hickey
  • Publisher : Art Issues Press
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780963726452
  • Pages : 222 pages

Download or read book Air Guitar written by Dave Hickey and published by Art Issues Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays explore the influence of art in twentieth-century American culture, including jazz, basketball, professional wrestling, magic, gambling, entrepreneurship, series television and automotive design.

Book Studio  A Place for Art to Start

Download or read book Studio A Place for Art to Start written by Emily Arrow and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved children's entertainer Emily Arrow's first picture book, perfect for (little) makers everywhere: a story about finding a space to create! A young bunny makes the rounds of a studio building, taking in all the different artists in their habitats. Making, thinking, sharing, performing . . . but can our bunny find the perfect space to let imagination shine? In this charming ode to creativity, noted children's singer and entertainer Emily Arrow introduces readers to the concept of the studio: a place for painters, dancers, singers, actors, sculptors, printmakers . . . and you! Whether it's a purpose-made space with big windows, a room filled with equipment, or the corner of a bedroom, your studio can be anywhere--you just have to find it!

Book Fallout Equestria

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  • Author : Fiaura The Tank Girl
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-03-19
  • ISBN : 9781733427302
  • Pages : 528 pages

Download or read book Fallout Equestria written by Fiaura The Tank Girl and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wandering Sunrise remembers Equestria as it was. A land of harmony shattered by a war that waged her entire life. Then the day came, the end of her world. They took shelter in Stable 43, massive underground bunkers prepared for the world ending megaspells. She was sealed in a Stable-Tec stasis pod and drifted into spell. Sunrise wakes up in a pool of water, surrounded by strangers. She doesn't remember why or how she got there. Her band of misfit companions break out into an Equestria far different from the one Sunrise remembers - a wasteland that promises danger and death for the unwitting. Sunrise must learn to survive and overcome the challenges of the wasteland with the help of her friends, and unlock the mystery of her past experiences with the most dangerous company in the Wasteland: Stable-Tec.

Book About Art

Download or read book About Art written by Stan Berning and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-01-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This morning I am contemplating how we humans, awkwardly tangled in dreams of salvation, struggle to lend meaning to a physical world that is most often brutally indifferent. It may be that the one thing of substantial power left to us is our own imagination. Thus begins the story of a road trip up the West Coast of North America; a journey which comes to a dramatic conclusion months later in Mexico. A unique look at the nature of prayer, the power of dreams, and the risks and rewards we all face imagining ourselves into the world, 'about art' is the memoir of one artist's quest to understand the life he has lived.

Book Chicago

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray Furse
  • Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9781402732997
  • Pages : 156 pages

Download or read book Chicago written by Ray Furse and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book This Used to Be Chicago

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  • Author : Joni Hirsch Blackman
  • Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
  • Release : 2017-09-01
  • ISBN : 1681060914
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book This Used to Be Chicago written by Joni Hirsch Blackman and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warning: with This Used to Be Chicago as your guide, you may never look at Chicago the same again. Every building has a past — author Joni Hirsch Blackman finds the stories behind more than 90 Chicago buildings that used to be something else: the liquor store that used to be a speakeasy during Prohibition; the yacht club that used to be a ferry boat; the countless condominiums that used to be cracker, shoe, postcard or piano factories and, perhaps the most incongruous, the circus school that used to be a church. Imagine what your favorite buildings will house in another 100 years — that’s this book backwards! Explore your own neighborhood with a new eye, find places you remember from your youth, appreciate a new part of town you’ve considered only as it is now.

Book Arborsculpture

Download or read book Arborsculpture written by Richard Reames and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Live trees used for furniture and housing, examples from history and from artist around the world today. The power of living trees used in new ways.

Book History Lover s Guide to Chicago  A

Download or read book History Lover s Guide to Chicago A written by Greg Borzo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded next to a great lake and a sluggish river, Chicago became the home to modern retailing, skyscrapers, and an increasingly concentrated downtown. The Chicago stockyards fed the world, and railroads turned the city into the nation's transportation hub. When a great fire leveled the city, Chicago rose again. Borzo helps you explore a missile site that became a bird sanctuary; explains how the city's first public library was located in an abandoned water tank; and introduces us to business leaders, society dames, anarchists and army generals. -- adapted from back cover

Book Architectural Record

Download or read book Architectural Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Walking Chicago

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Loerzel
  • Publisher : Wilderness Press
  • Release : 2020-08-11
  • ISBN : 0899976980
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Walking Chicago written by Robert Loerzel and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to Know the Illinois City’s Most Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods Grab your walking shoes, and become an urban adventurer. Chicagophile Robert Loerzel leads you on 35 unique walking tours in this comprehensive guidebook. Go beyond the obvious with self-guided tours through one of the nation’s most walkable cities, which is equal parts glamour and grit. Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods represent a melting pot—from Little Italy to Greektown, Pilsen to Ukrainian Village. With this guide in hand, you’ll soak up history, political gossip, and architectural trivia. Find ethnic culture in Andersonville or high culture at the Art Institute. Listen to the blues on the South Side, or catch a ballgame on the North Side. Marvel at the Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in Oak Park or at nature’s masterpiece along Lake Michigan. There are tips on the best cafes, bars, and night spots. With humorous anecdotes, surprising stories, and fun facts to share with others, this guidebook has it all. Book Features 35 self-guided tours through the Windy City More than 20 miles of stunning shoreline along Lake Michigan Fun facts and unknown stories to share with others Whether you’re looking for a walk on the beach or a slice of deep dish pizza, Walking Chicago will get you there. So find a route that appeals to you, and walk Chicago!

Book Epoca  The Tree of Ecrof

Download or read book Epoca The Tree of Ecrof written by Kobe Bryant and published by Granity Studios. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller From the mind of basketball legend, Academy Award–winning, and New York Times–bestselling storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your strength against all odds. Set in an alternate classical world dominated by sports and a magical power called grana, Epoca: The Tree of Ecrof is the story of two children: the lowly born Rovi and the crown princess Pretia who uncover and battle terrible evil and discover their inner strength along the way. Epoca: The Tree of Ecrof takes place at the most elite sports academy in the land, where the best child-athletes are sent to hone their skills. When Rovi and Pretia arrive, each harboring a secret about themselves, they begin to suspect that something evil is at play at the school. In the course of their first year, they must learn to master their grana in order to save the world from dark forces that are rising.

Book Global Downtowns

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marina Peterson
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2012-06-29
  • ISBN : 0812208056
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book Global Downtowns written by Marina Peterson and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Downtowns reconsiders one of the defining features of urban life—the energy and exuberance that characterize downtown areas—within a framework of contemporary globalization and change. It analyzes the iconic centers of global cities through individual case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States, considering issues of function, population, imagery, and growth. Contributors to the volume use ethnographic and cultural analysis to identify downtowns as products of the activities of planners, power elites, and consumers and as zones of conflict and competition. Whether claiming space on a world stage through architecture, media events, or historical tourism or facing the claims of different social groups for a place at the center, downtowns embody the heritage of the modern city and its future. Essays draw on extensive fieldwork and archival study in Beijing, Barcelona, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dar es Salaam, Dubai, Nashville, Lima, Philadelphia, Mumbai, Havana, Beirut, and Paris, among other cities. They examine the visions of planners and developers, cultural producers, governments, theoreticians, immigrants, and outcasts. Through these perspectives, the book explores questions of space and place, consumption, mediation, and images as well as the processes by which urban elites learn from each other as well as contest local hegemony. Global Downtowns raises important questions for those who work with issues of urban centrality in governance, planning, investment, preservation, and social reform. The volume insists that however important the narratives of individual spaces—theories of American downtowns, images of global souks, or diasporic formations of ethnic enclaves as interconnected nodes—they also must be situated within a larger, dynamic framework of downtowns as centers of modern urban imagination.