The Chicago Tribune possesses a vast photo archive spanning its more than 150 years in publication. From the Civil War era through today; its photographers have captured thousands of people; from everyday Chicagoans to visitors to the Second City to well-known artists; athletes; and politicians.For the first time; the best of these great photographic portraits are being collected in a large-format coffee-table edition. Chicago Portraits comprises the most memorable of the innumerable images that some of the greatest photographers in journalism have created over the past century. Its a unique showcase for the unsung photographers whove quietly documented daily life in Chicago; and through their decades of work created an unparalleled panorama of the City of Big Shoulders.Curated by the Tribunes photography directors and compiled in a beautiful sewn hardback edition; this will be an engrossing visual cross-section of Chicago life that will be pored over by readers young and old for years to come. Chicago Portraits is a fascinating and colorful look into the lives and legacies that make up this great American city.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Berglund Center for Internet Studies Review by Jeffrey BarlowBy Berglund Center for Internet StudiesSome books are very difficult to review because they defy classification. This can be because they are very broad and might be of interest to a number of audiences; or because they are written for a small niche audience. Making the Digital City is of the former sort; though everything about the title and the presentation screams to the contrary. At first glance it seems that it is meant for a very small group interested in city planning; or perhaps more broadly; in architecture and the Internet. However; its appeal is in fact much broader.The central focus of the book is a study of two early European "digital city" projects. These were digital projects intended to take the physical existence of a city; with its varieties of spaces; inhabitants; and complex social and economic transactions; into hyperspace. He defines "digital cities" as "web-based urban information systems and virtual communities." This focus might seem a rather odd one; but much of post-modern thought emerged from; and in turn; influenced architecture. The underlying metaphor; after all; of "cyberspace" is of a physical space; though we are all aware that it exists firstly as stored digital data; and lastly as the browsers interpretation of that data. "A town" is fundamentally; as Le Corbusier; generally regarded as the master of modern architecture and planning said; "pure geometry." This work then; is as much about cyberspace and the many ways we think of it and use it as it is about urban planning. Given a serious interest in the impact of the Internet; this work is well worth reading.For a full review see Interface; Volume 6; Issue 3.
