{"product_id":"the-loop-the-l-tracks-that-shaped-and-saved-chicago-paperback-softback-9780809338108","title":"The Loop; The \"L\" Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago (Paperback \/ softback) 9780809338108","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe \"L\" Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick T. Reardon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780809338108\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 November 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 32 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe structure that anchors Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city’s downtown. But how much do they know about the single most important structure in the history of the Windy City? In engagingly brisk prose, Patrick T. Reardon unfolds the fascinating story about how Chicago’s elevated Loop was built, gave its name to the downtown, helped unify the city, saved the city’s economy, and was itself saved from destruction in the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unique volume combines urban history, biography, engineering, architecture, transportation, culture, and politics to explore the elevated Loop’s impact on the city’s development and economy and on the way Chicagoans see themselves. The Loop rooted Chicago’s downtown in a way unknown in other cities, and it protected that area—and the city itself—from the full effects of suburbanization during the second half of the twentieth century. Masses of data underlie new insights into what has made Chicago’s downtown, and the city as a whole, tick.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Loop\u003c\/i\u003e features a cast of colorful Chicagoans, such as legendary lawyer Clarence Darrow, poet Edgar Lee Masters, mayor Richard J. Daley, and the notorious Gray Wolves of the Chicago City Council. Charles T. Yerkes, an often-demonized figure, is shown as a visionary urban planner, and engineer John Alexander Low Waddell, a world-renowned bridge creator, is introduced to Chicagoans as the designer of their urban railway.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This fascinating exploration of how one human-built structure reshaped the social and economic landscape of Chicago is the definitive book on Chicago’s elevated Loop.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Loop, New Year’\u003cbr\u003es Eve, 1911\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One —\u003cbr\u003e Lots of loops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Academic fashion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Lots of Loops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Word “\u003cbr\u003eloop”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Last Cable Car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two —\u003cbr\u003e The Union Loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Dreaming of a “\u003cbr\u003eUnion Loop”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Willing the Union Loop into Existence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. The Birth of the Union Loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three —\u003cbr\u003e The Loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Rectangular Bridge and the Bridge Builder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Inside and outside the Loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. The Name “\u003cbr\u003eLoop”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Four —\u003cbr\u003e The Heart of Chicago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. “\u003cbr\u003eMy ‘\u003cbr\u003eOther Neighborhood’\u003cbr\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Wandering Downtowns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Raze the Loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16. The Loop, New Year’\u003cbr\u003es Day, 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments and Permissions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743378108696,"sku":"9780809338108","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-loop-the-l-tracks-that-shaped-and-saved-chicago-paperback-softback-9780809338108","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}