The perfect city / Bob Thall ; with an essay by Peter Bacon Hales.

Main entry:

Thall, Bob.

Title & Author:

The perfect city / Bob Thall ; with an essay by Peter Bacon Hales.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

Description:

113 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
"The photographs in this book are part of an exhibit, 'The Perfect City', at the Art Institute of Chicago, Autumn 1994"--P. [114].
Dust jacket.
Library copy 2: author's autograph presentation copy to Phyllis Lambert.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0801847257 (alk. paper)
9780801847257 (alk. paper)
0801847265 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780801847264 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Illinois Chicago Pictorial works.
Architecture United States Pictorial works.
Architecture États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture
City
Städtebau
Bildband
Photographie d'architecture.
Illinois Chicago
United States
Chicago, Ill.
Chicago (Ill.) Constructions.
Illinois.

Form/genre:

Exhibition Publications.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.
Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Hales, Peter B. (Peter Bacon)
Provenance. Lambert, Phyllis. Inscription.
Autographs. Thall, Bob.
Presentation copies. Thall, Bob. Inscription.
Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205611
Call No.: NA735 .C4 T48 1994
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 205612
Call No.: NA735 .C4 T48 1994
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

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