Overview
Chicago in Photographs takes readers on a pictorial tour of a city that combines corporate bravado—exemplified by the 110-story Sears Tower—with landmark civic buildings such as the Harold Washington Library—with its 12-foot barn owl perched on each corner.For over a century and a half, Chicago has been the nation's hub for water, rail, and air traffic, and it has become a magnet for the major corporations of America who have built big in the city.
Chicago in Photographs is a celebration of the best that the city has to offer: from the wide open spaces of Lincoln Park to the stunning visual impact of street sculptures, such as Picasso's untitled piece in Daley Plaza and Anish Kapoor's silvery Cloud Gate in Millennium Park—from the much-loved Buckingham Fountain to the more functional W. W. Boyington's castellated Water Tower of 1869—from the massive John Hancock Center to the "old giants" of Chicago archtecture, Union Station and the Wrigley Building. All are included in a pictorial journey around one of the nation's greatest cities.