Description
Book SynopsisProviding a study of Chicago's Central Area, this book aims to illuminate the ways in which the renovations have reconfigured the social as well as the physical landscape. Documenting that architecture embodies ideology and social relationships, it encourages readers to notice architecture and the ways in which it shapes their world.
Trade ReviewA Coffee-table book that aims to make an argument.
* Indiana Magazine of History *
Gail Satler's study of architecture and the ways in which architecture impacts the human experience is unique.
-- Keith Mendenhall, Gehry Partners
As a guide to Chicago's recent urban transformation, Satler's book is indispensable.
* Michigan Historical Review *
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Foreword by Lee Bey
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction—The Question of Centrality
I—REINSTATING STATE STREET
1—The Vision Plan
2—Taking It to the Street—Observations and Reflections
II—THE RIVERFRONT
3—(Re)turning to the River
4—Going with the Flow—A Walk along the Riverfront
III—MILLENIUM PARK (1999–2004)
5—(Re)creation
IV—REALIGNING CENTER AND PERIPHERIES
6—Branching Out—From Center to Peripheries
7—Reaching In—From Peripheries to Center
Conclusion—Checagou, Chicago, Chicagoland—Reimaging an Unfolding City
Selected Bibliography
Index
