City watch : discovering the uncommon Chicago /
In forty-five years as one of Chicago's liveliest journalists for Time, Life, and the Chicago Tribune, Jon Anderson has established a reputation for picking up on what someone once called "the beauty of the specific fact." Part "Talk of the Town," part On the Road with Charl...
| Основен автор: | Anderson, Jon, 1936-2014. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
℗♭2001.
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City watch. |
Съдържание:
- Special Places : Tour That Thought It's Seen It All Takes in Real Eye-Boggler ; Saving Grace of a Lonely Life ; Poet Finds Past Job Maid to Order ; Wedgwood Society Dreams Still on the Table ; Gents (and Ladies) in White Reclaim Turf after Dry Spell ; Limousines: Not Just for the Rich
- Chicago Passions and Styles : "Wild Ones" Says It Simply Isn't So ; Clothes Found in Rubbish Don't Have to Look Trashy ; Five Guys in Their Forties Sing about, Well, Guys in Their Forties ; Foraging Friends Savor Tastes of Great Outdoors ; At Least Once a Month, Anarchists Reign at Meeting ; Courting Laughs ; Finding the Humor in Haggis ; Club Dispenses Plenty of Bon Mots ; "Deee-fense! Deee-fense!" ; Laundromats Take Clean to New Extremes
- All the New Thinking About the Arts : Portrait of the Artists: White Coats, but No Chisels ; Betting on Butter, Art Gallery Spreads It on Thick ; Faux Ethnic Dishes Feed Students' Minds ; Working-Class Artists Do a Little PR ; The Views from the Boat ; Fragments Gain New LIfe in Hands of Mosaic Artist ; Mittens Knit a Tribute to the 43 Forgotten ; Class Views Circus as Art ; String Fever ; For the CSO, It's Mahler Onstage and Ping-Pong Backstage
- Chicago: Land of Books and Writers : Hometown Hug for Hemingway ; Irish Author's Fans Gather to Celebrate Ulysses, Other Tales ; Booker Winners Don't Go by the Book When Collecting ; Where Old Books Go to Be Read Again ; A Sanctuary Where Writers Can Think and Be Creative ; He Chooses His Words Wisely
- Leaders of the Great Parades : A Mogul Talks about His Family Dynasty ; Czechs and Balances ; Lady Thatcher Sets Down Her Record ; "Am I Happy? Yes, I'm Happy!" ; Auctioneer to Host the Last Bash at Butler's Digs
- Chicago Lifestyles of the Not-So-Rich, Not-So-Famous : Cicero Cops on Crash Course ; Can't Go Home Again? Try the Bus ; Painting Tell Tales of Beverly Life ; Hopes Blossom in North Lawndale ; Austin Village Shows No Place Like Home ; A Hyde Park Denizen Comes of Age ; New Drive for South Side Y ; Memories of Titanic Unsinkable ; Light Pole Painter Has a True Brush with Fame ; The Ultimate Out-of-Towners ; River's Friends Go Where Only Most Hardy Dare
- Local Tactics in the Restless Search for Love : Shrinks in Love ; One Language Needs No Translation ; Small Delights on the Zephyr ; In Touch with Sex ; Algren Affair to Remember Lives Again ; Porn Star Missy Is Graphic about Safe Sex ; Marriage an Open Book for Loggins, Wife
- Oh, To Be a Fish (Or Cat) in Chicago : Finned Friends Cheer Lonely Guests ; Animal Lovers Ferret Out a Unique Halfway House ; 268 Paws Tug at Her Heartstrings ; Paws Put Furry Faces in the Adoption Market ; Gold Coast Pays Tribute to Its Storied Vet
- The Meaning of Life? Don't Ask : Suds, Sanctuary Are Match Made in Heaven ; A Generation Tries to Remember ... Something or Other ; Song Helps Rekindle Spark in Alzheimer's Patients ; Near-Death Experiences Share Common Thread ; The Meaning of LIfe? Don't Ask.