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Chicago in Maps: 1612-2002
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Robert Holland
Release Date: 2005-11-01
Manufacturer: Rizzoli
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Average Rating: 3.5
Total Customer Reviews: 3
List Price: $50.00
Our Price: $36.50
Sales Rank: 328833
Product Description
Chicago in Maps is a luxuriously illustrated cartographic history of Chicago, known for centuries as the gateway city to the West. The powerful and evocative documents reproduced here offer an unprecedented avenue to the city's past-a fascinating collective portrait of the evolution of one of America's great towns. Among the seventy-four maps featured, many are seminal exemplars of this timeless art form: the "Kinzie Map," which accompanied the Narrative of the Massacre of 1812; the Rand McNally "View of the World's Columbian Exposition" of 1893; Daniel Burnham's influential "Chicago Plan" of 1909, which epitomized the ambitions of the City Beautiful Movement; W. T. Stead's "Map of Sin"; and Bruce-Roberts' 1931 "Gangland Map"-a tongue-in-cheek "exposé" of a city populated by such powerful underworld figures as Al Capone, "Baby Face" Nelson, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and others, indicating various gang territories and warehouses. Filled with fascinating historical anecdotes and detailed scholarship, Chicago in Maps is a work that will be highly prized by map lovers and history buffs alike. It is a sumptuous feast of glorious full-color reproductions of maps by the some of the world's most extraordinary cartographers.
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Product Review Summary: they are hard to find in Chicago I think this book is a really novel way to learn litle factoids about Chicago history. It is a great gift for anyone connected to Chicago or history buffs
Product Review Summary: Maps are too small This would be a great book if it was larger. Most of the maps are far too small. Even with a magnifying glass much of the detail on the maps can't be made out. What good is a map you can't read? A real shame.
Product Review Summary: Not what I envisioned.. This is an attractive coffee table book, with some amazing maps of the city and region, especially 19th century maps. The 1833 Conley and Seltzer map stands out. The Palmatary View from 1857 is another standout. The maps of the 2 World's Fairs are also absolutely fantastic
So, why 3 stars?
The problem is the level of detail. The maps, for the most part, are reproduced in such small size that a magnifying glass is necessary to really appreciate them. You can't make anything out on them. The other problem is the lack of 20th century maps, especially maps of the latter half of the 20th century. These issues make it difficult to really appreciate this book.
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