Author : Lawrence Okrent
Publisher :
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 9780978866389
A pictorial history, from an aerial perspective, for the far-reaching change that has occurred in Chicago and its region in the span of a single generation, between 1985 and 2010. It serves as a reminder that Chicago welcomes change, celebrates change and regards change as one of its distinguishing features.
Author : Conrad Gleber
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 17,76 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Artists' books
ISBN : 9780918914040
Author : Alexandra Reid
Publisher : Harper Festival
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 22,57 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Dance
ISBN : 9780694009435
When their teacher at dance class, Dame Skyla, reveals that she is the Queen of the Sky Dancers, Jade, Camille, Angelica, Breeze, and Slam, her prize students, agree to help protect her home in the Sky Realm
Author : Jay Pridmore
Publisher : Pomegranate
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780764920219
The Nation's Largest Retailer wanted the largest headquarters in the nation, and they got it -- in spades. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the 110-story, anodized aluminum-clad Sears Tower occupies three acres in the West Loop. The bundled-tube construction allowed for more windows and more corner offices per square foot. The total area within the Tower is 4.4 million square feet; the Sky Deck on the 103rd floor offers tremendous views and welcomes more than 1 million visitors yearly. When SOM realized that their design was only ten stories short of what was supposed to be the record-breaking height of the World Trade Center then under construction (1,368 feet), they broke the record, coming in at 1,454 feet. The move of Sears and Roebuck employees into the Tower was the biggest corporate move in American history. In the late 1980s Sears and Roebuck left the building, but it continues to thrive, a timeless monument to American ingenuity.
Author : Pauline A. Saliga
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
This illustrated survey of the Chicago skyscraper traces the history of the Chicago School buildings that influenced generations of architects worldwide. Beginning with the S.S. Berman Fine Arts Building of 1885 and its neighbor, the Adler and Sullivan Auditorium of 1889, the authors discuss 110 extant buildings dating from 1885 through 1989, concluding with a series of contemporary, modernist skyscrapers by the "new" generation of Chicago architects. Fifty of the 400 illustrations are in color. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Thomas Hockey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226345785
Gazing up at the heavens from our backyards or a nearby field, most of us see an undifferentiated mess of stars—if, that is, we can see anything at all through the glow of light pollution. Today’s casual observer knows far less about the sky than did our ancestors, who depended on the sun and the moon to tell them the time and on the stars to guide them through the seas. Nowadays, we don’t need the sky, which is good, because we’ve made it far less accessible, hiding it behind the skyscrapers and the excessive artificial light of our cities. How We See the Sky gives us back our knowledge of the sky, offering a fascinating overview of what can be seen there without the aid of a telescope. Thomas Hockey begins by scanning the horizon, explaining how the visible universe rotates through this horizon as night turns to day and season to season. Subsequent chapters explore the sun’s and moon’s respective motions through the celestial globe, as well as the appearance of solstices, eclipses, and planets, and how these are accounted for in different kinds of calendars. In every chapter, Hockey introduces the common vocabulary of today’s astronomers, uses examples past and present to explain them, and provides conceptual tools to help newcomers understand the topics he discusses. Packed with illustrations and enlivened by historical anecdotes and literary references, How We See the Sky reacquaints us with the wonders to be found in our own backyards.
Author : Johan M. Dahlgren
Publisher : Next Chapter
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 17,4 MB
Release : 2021-12-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
On rebel planet Elysium, a man is executed on live video streamed by religious extremists. Nothing terribly original so far for Elysium. Only this time, the man doesn't die. When security expert Asher Perez is sent to find him, dark secrets about the rebel colony are exposed. Something dark is stirring in the shadows. Something that has been watching humanity since the dawn of history.
Author : Chicago Tribune
Publisher : Agate Publishing
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 46,51 MB
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1572847832
A gorgeous and comprehensive look at one of the NBA’s most storied and valuable franchises—from their first season to Michael Jordan and beyond. The Chicago Bulls have been building their highly decorated legacy for five decades now. To this day, the Bulls are one of the most popular teams the world over. Six championships, the league’s best-ever single-season record, and perhaps the greatest player of all time will do that, and Bulls fans wouldn’t have it any other way. From the beginning, the Bulls have set records. They are still the only NBA expansion team to make the playoffs in their inaugural season with the best record ever for a first-year team. They soared to new heights after drafting Michael Jordan in the 1984 draft. Joined by fellow Hall of Famers Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson, the team won two sets of three consecutive championships in the 90s. The new millennium saw repeated attempts to reignite the magic of the Jordan-era Bulls, but soon a new identity emerged of tough, hardworking team players reminiscent of the Bulls’ earlier years. The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Bulls is a decade-by-decade look at the pride of the city’s West Side produced by the award-winning journalists who have been documenting their home team since the beginning. This beautiful volume details every era in the team’s history through original reporting, in-depth analysis, interviews, archival photos, comprehensive timelines, rankings of top players by position, and other features. Profiles on key coaches, Hall of Famers, and MVPs provide an entertaining, blow-by-blow look at the team’s greatest successes and most dramatic moments.
Author : John Zukowsky
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,62 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Chicago school of architecture (Movement)
ISBN :
Author : Heidi W. Durrow
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1616200154
After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. A first novel. Reprint.
