Downtown Chicago in Transition
It is like no other book about Chicago’s past and present—exploring the dynamic changes that have continuously shaped the greater Loop district from the late nineteenth century to the present time. Downtown’s evolution is vividly portrayed through historical photos interlaced with a tapestry of memories, experiences and thoughts related by interviewees such as Josephine Baskin Minow, Gary Johnson, Jerome R. Butler, James McDonough, Ann Roth, James O’Connor, Kay Mayer, Michael Demetrio, Bernard Judge, Paul Meincke, Potter Palmer IV and Marshall Field V...
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Chicago in the Sixties: Remembering a Time of Change
This is a book about the city during two “decades.” One began in 1960 as a continuation of life in Chicago during the 1950's and lasted until around 1965. Then, as if a tornado roared through the area, the period from 1965 and throughout the 1970's shifted dramatically in its social, economic, and political directions. The city’s residents became more aware of a changing city and national and international events like Southeast Asia and the Civil Rights Movement. This publication includes memories of a wide range of individuals, all with different backgrounds and experiences, but each with a common focus: remembrances of a time of change...
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End of Watch - Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty, 1853-2006
A book written by Edward M. Burke and Thomas J. O'Gorman that examines the remarkable sacrifice of 526 sworn officers of the Chicago Police Department. Throughout the book’s 575+ pages and more than 400 photographs, there are detailed narratives of each officer and the circumstances involved in their deaths. The publication traces the heroic history of Chicago’s finest with accounts of each episode drawn from municipal records, police files, contemporaneous newspapers, court documents and ground breaking research...
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