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Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city's downtown. Patrick Reardon unfolds the fascinating story about how Chicago's elevated Loop was built, gave its name to the downtown, helped unify the city, saved the city's economy, and was saved from destruction in the 1970s.

Table of Contents
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Loop, New Year’s Eve, 1911
  • Part One — Lots of loops
  • 2. Academic fashion
  • 3. Silence
  • 4. Lots of Loops
  • 5. The Word “loop”
  • 6. The Last Cable Car
  • Part Two — The Union Loop
  • 7. Dreaming of a “Union Loop”
  • 8. Willing the Union Loop into Existence
  • 9. The Birth of the Union Loop
  • Part Three — The Loop
  • 10. The Rectangular Bridge and the Bridge Builder
  • 11. Inside and outside the Loop
  • 12. The Name “Loop”
  • Part Four — The Heart of Chicago
  • 13. “My ‘Other Neighborhood’”
  • 14. Wandering Downtowns
  • 15. Raze the Loop
  • 16. The Loop, New Year’s Day, 2019
  • Acknowledgments and Permissions
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

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      Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/2020
      ISBN13: 9780809338108, 978-0809338108
      ISBN10: 0809338106
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city's downtown. Patrick Reardon unfolds the fascinating story about how Chicago's elevated Loop was built, gave its name to the downtown, helped unify the city, saved the city's economy, and was saved from destruction in the 1970s.

      Table of Contents
      • Contents
      • Introduction
      • 1. The Loop, New Year’s Eve, 1911
      • Part One — Lots of loops
      • 2. Academic fashion
      • 3. Silence
      • 4. Lots of Loops
      • 5. The Word “loop”
      • 6. The Last Cable Car
      • Part Two — The Union Loop
      • 7. Dreaming of a “Union Loop”
      • 8. Willing the Union Loop into Existence
      • 9. The Birth of the Union Loop
      • Part Three — The Loop
      • 10. The Rectangular Bridge and the Bridge Builder
      • 11. Inside and outside the Loop
      • 12. The Name “Loop”
      • Part Four — The Heart of Chicago
      • 13. “My ‘Other Neighborhood’”
      • 14. Wandering Downtowns
      • 15. Raze the Loop
      • 16. The Loop, New Year’s Day, 2019
      • Acknowledgments and Permissions
      • Bibliography
      • Notes
      • Index

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