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Author: Charles Bowden
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Don't let the title fool you. It's about more than street signs: it's about life in the big city; it's about history and the loss of history; it's about neighborhoods that were and never were, but still could be; it's about illusion and the real thing...." Studs Terkel.
Author: Linda Zabors
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-11-21
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781519357809
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Honorary Chicago Guidebook is the who, where, and why of Chicago's brown honorary street signs. A unique gift for anyone who loves Chicago, stories, maps, history, biographies, or trivia. Available for the first time in a collection that is as inspiring to visitors as it is to life long Chicago residents. Finally - a guide to the mysterious and uncharted world of Chicago's honorary streets. This book takes you on a tour of 80 of the signs you are most likely to encounter in the City of Chicago on Michigan Avenue, State Street, and in several Chicago neighborhoods. Learn the inspiring and amusing stories behind the signs and get to know the famous and the obscure people who made Chicago great! What is a WOOGM and why is there a Chicago alley named for it? Why was June 28, 2013 Chaka Khan Day in Chicago? Who is Abraham Lincoln Marovitz? Honorary Chicago brings to life the biographies in the historic and local context that only a Chicagoan can provide. The honorary street signs represent the heroes among us - hidden in plain view. Honorary Chicago reveals the slice of life stories of everyday people from all walks of life and across the globe who made their lives in Chicago and made their mark on history in their communities and around the world. Discover Chicago for the first time or have an adventure in your own back yard. Enjoy! Linda
Author: Linda Zabors
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2014-07-12
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781496049117
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to Chicago's commemorative honors. The who, where, when, and why of honorary streets, days, and other recognitions.---Who or what is a WOOGM and why is there a Chicago alley named for it?This is the question I asked myself one summer day more than a decade ago as I looked up at the brown background and white letters signs flanked with four white stars. What are all these brown honorary signs around the city; and who are these people, places and things being honored?Why was July 28, 2013 Chaka Khan Day in Chicago? Who was Abraham Lincoln Marovitz?My curiosity became a quest for the answer. I have created the most complete compilation of honorary streets, days, tributes and congratulations, for the Honorary Chicago series. Discover what makes Chicago "the world's largest small town."This book is organized by neighborhood can be used as a tour book of Chicago's honorary streets, it contains additional historical and biographic information regarding honorary days and commemorations. This edition represents only a fraction of what I have developed for the Honorary Chicago record. There are far more points on the maps than are included in the book and that some of the signs, buildings, locations, and landmarks no longer exist. All are chronicled by Honorary Chicago, lest they be lost to history – again.Proceeds from this book will help support further research and updates.
Author: Charles Bowden
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Don't let the title fool you. It's about more than street signs: it's about life in the big city; it's about history and the loss of history; it's about neighborhoods that were and never were, but still could be; it's about illusion and the real thing...." Studs Terkel.
Author: Chicago (Ill.). City Council. Committee on Traffic and Public Safety
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Published: 1932
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chicago (Ill.). City Council
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Published: 1933
Total Pages: 76
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 610
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bill Broyles
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2019-11-15
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1477319921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author of more than twenty books and a revered contributor to numerous national publications, Charles Bowden (1945–2014) used his keen storyteller’s eye to reveal both the dark underbelly and the glorious determination of humanity, particularly in the borderlands between the United States and Mexico. In America’s Most Alarming Writer, key figures in his life—including his editors, collaborators, and other writers—deliver a literary wake for the man who inspired them throughout his forty-year career. Part revelation, part critical assessment, the fifty essays in this collection span the decades from Bowden’s rise as an investigative journalist through his years as a singular voice of unflinching honesty about natural history, climate change, globalization, drugs, and violence. As the Chicago Tribune noted, “Bowden wrote with the intensity of Joan Didion, the voracious hunger of Henry Miller, the feral intelligence and irony of Hunter Thompson, and the wit and outrage of Edward Abbey.” An evocative complement to The Charles Bowden Reader, the essays and photographs in this homage brilliantly capture the spirit of a great writer with a quintessentially American vision. Bowden is the best writer you’ve (n)ever read.
Author: Nicholas Carlin Freeman
Publisher: Lake Claremont Press
Published: 2014-11-21
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781893121812
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"What constitutes a great sign? For me it's an elusive synchronicity of color, shape, typography, and iconography, enhanced by authenticity and eccentricity. Signs that have been maintained and still illuminate are always beguiling. The fragility of glass tubing continuously exposed to harsh Chicago weather makes the survival of an old sign a kind of urban miracle, deserving, at the least, of photographic preservation. Even the many that have outlived their functional glory days have their own visual appeal. Animated neon signs, working or not, are a special treat." Nick Freeman, from the Foreword Delight in Chicago's rich neon heritage with this full-color collection of gaudy, garish, and downright spectacular signs. From the far South Side to the Wisconsin Dells, Good Old Neon documents the familiar and the obscure, capturing in over 130 photos these fast-disappearing artifacts of a glorious era when brightly lit signs filled the urban landscape.
Author: Dan Consiglio
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Published: 2014-06-10
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 0762454148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPut On Your Hazards and Read This The very safety of our drivers is at stake. Our countries' drivers have grown restless behind the wheel -- they've mastered texting, one knee driving, and can eat enormous burritos while navigating a dicey pass on a two-lane highway. Our current system of street signs is woefully out of touch and in danger of becoming completely irrelevant. What does merge mean to a college kid hauling ass in a Mustang, sexting his girlfriend while downing a Big Gulp? We need street signs that relate to the current driver, the driver of tomorrow, not the two-hands-on-the-wheel, signal-at-every-turn dinosaur. This book is your bible of the American road. You're welcome.
