Chicago in Stone and Clay (eBook)

A Guide to the Windy City's Architectural Geology

Raymond Wiggers (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
344 Seiten
Northern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-6508-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Chicago in Stone and Clay explores the interplay between the city's most architecturally significant sites, the materials they're made of, and the sediments and bedrock they are anchored in. This unique geologist's survey of Windy City neighborhoods demonstrates the fascinating and often surprising links between science, art, engineering, and urban history.

Drawing on two decades of experience leading popular geology tours in Chicago, Raymond Wiggers crafted this book for readers ranging from the region's large community of amateur naturalists, "citizen scientists," and architecture buffs to geologists, architects, educators, and other professionals seeking a new perspective on the themes of architecture and urbanism.

Unlike most geology and architecture books, Chicago in Stone and Clay is written in the informal, accessible style of a natural history tour guide, humanizing the science for the nonspecialist reader. Providing an exciting new angle on both architecture and natural history, Wiggers uses an integrative approach that incorporates multiple themes and perspectives to demonstrate how the urban environment presents us with a rich geologic and architectural legacy.

Autor

Raymond Wiggers is a geologist, science writer, and retired college Earth and life sciences instructor. He is the author of Geology Underfoot in Illinois and three other books.

Inhalt

Introduction
Part I: Fundamentals
1. Notes on the Book's Format, and Tips for Exploring Chicago's Geology
2. Chicago's Geologic Setting and History
3. The Geology of Building Materials
4. Foundations: Engineering in a Birthplace (And Worst Place) For Skyscrapers
Part II: Exploring Chicago's Neighborhoods
5. The Loop: Northeastern Quadrant
6. The Loop: Southeastern Quadrant
7. The Loop: Southwestern Quadrant
8. The Loop: Northwestern Quadrant
9. Near West Side, Garfield Park, & Humboldt Park
10. South Loop, Museum Campus, Prairie Avenue, Douglas, & Bronzeville
11. McKinley Park, Back of the Yards, Kenwood, Washington Park, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, & Englewood
12. Auburn Gresham, South Shore, South Chicago, & Pullman
13. The Magnificent Mile & Streeterville
14. River North
15. The Gold Coast & Old Town
16. Logan Square, Lincoln Park, & Lake View
17. Uptown & Ravenswood
18. Edgewater, Rogers Park, & Sauganash

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 47 b&w halftones, 7 maps, 1 chart
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: chicago architecture guide, chicago’s geology, architecture and natural history of chicago, architecture and building materials in chicago, geology of chicago region
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-6508-6 / 1501765086
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-6508-7 / 9781501765087