This Used to Be Chicago
Language: English
Published by Reedy Press, 2017
Series: Book 5 of 6 - This Used to Be
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Warning: with This Used to Be Chicago as your guide, you may never look at Chicago the same again. Every building has a past author Joni Hirsch Blackman finds the stories behind more than 90 Chicago buildings that used to be something else: the liquor store that used to be a speakeasy during Prohibition; the yacht club that used to be a ferry boat; the countless condominiums that used to be cracker, shoe, postcard or piano factories and, perhaps the most incongruous, the circus school that used to be a church. Imagine what your favorite buildings will house in another 100 years that's this book backwards! Explore your own neighborhood with a new eye, find places you remember from your youth, appreciate a new part of town you've considered only as it is now.
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- Title
- This Used to Be Chicago
- Author
- Joni Blackman
- Publisher
- Reedy Press
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1681060914
- ISBN 13
- 9781681060910
- Series
- Book 5 of 6: This Used to Be
“Whether you want to explore the history of your neighborhood or remember the world you knew from your youth, this book has something for all ages.” - Chicago Tribune
“With This Used to Be Chicago as your guide, you may never look at Chicago the same again.” - Chicago Financial Times
“Joni Hirsch Blackman has got this awesome book.” - JBTV
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