At city's edge : photographs of Chicago's lakefront

"The ninth volume in the series Center Books on Chicago and Environs."-- Colophon
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"Since 1971 Bob Thall has made photographs that examine and interpret Chicago's complex urban landscape. His highly praised 1994 book, The Perfect City, documented the sweeping changes in downtown Chicago over a twenty-year period; his acclaimed 1999 book, The New American Village, captured the essence of the new edge city around O'Hare Airport—in stark contrast to the urbanity of the city's core; and in his memorable 2002 book, City Spaces, Thall returned downtown to Chicago's alleys where the artist found remnants of the old city that he, and many other Chicagoans, once found so compelling.
The Lake Michigan shore in many ways created Chicago, and it has shaped the city's character ever since, from the Evanston border on the North Shore to 100th Street on the South Side. Thinking how crucially important the lakefront is to Chicago, Thall began making photographs of the city's lake-front in 2000. In this newest book, he offers an intensely personal view of this twenty-five-mile swath that is the city's most defining physical attribute and its most public communal space. As Thall writes: "Since the age of five or six, I've spent much of my life at the beach, not only in summer, but throughout the year. I can't imagine my life in this city without the Lake Michigan shore nearby." -
"At City's Edge is a compelling and intimate sequence of images that reveals the complex array of architectural, social, and natural features at the city's edge—the lakefront. At City's Edge also reinforces Bob Thall's presence as a leading artist and spokesperson for the city he loves."