Street Signs Chicago: Neighborhood and Other Illusions of Big-City Life

Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 1981. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Richard Younker. SIGNED. 198pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Photographs by Richard Younker. Foreword by William Appleman Williams. This provocative and beautifully written book will challenge every one of your assumptions about the past, present and future life of big-city neighborhoods. 'Street Signs Chicago' is indispensable not only for Chicagoans and those interested in Chicago history, but for everyone who wishes to understand the growth, prosperity, conflicts and problematic futures of American cities. Signed by Charles Bowden on the half title page.