The perfect city
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Author
Contributions
- Hales, Peter B. - Contributor
Publication
1994 - John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland
Language
English
Word Count
28,250 words, Guess
Page Count
113 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1423942M
- ISBN-100801847257
- OCLC Control Number28845626
- OCLC Control Numberperfectcity0000thal
- Library of Congress Control Number93034460
and 2 more
- Goodreads1582379
- LibraryThing412912
Classifications
- DDC720/.9773/11
- LCCNA735.C4 T48 1994
Description
In The Perfect City, photographer Bob Thall explores the changing downtown landscape of America's third-largest city - Chicago. In sixty-four duotone photographs, Thall provides a visual record of the changing architectural landscape of downtown Chicago between 1972 and 1991. Throughout, Thall's photographs stress the concept of change and the importance of architecture in shaping our notion of place. They examine the great public spaces, buildings, and streets that have always served at the heart and soul of city life, culture, and commerce. And they show how the city in which modern urban architecture began becomes a metaphor for urban change throughout America. In the essay accompanying the photographs Peter Bacon Hales examines the notion of the city as museum (especially for visitors from the suburbs and rural areas), highlights the successes and failures of urban renewal in downtown Chicago, and assesses the city's current character.
Subjects
Topics
Places
Series Statement
- Creating the North American landscape
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