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Terminal Town
Joseph P. Schwieterman
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Description for Terminal Town
Paperback. Featuring 48 stations and terminals through short narrative, 215 color photographs, and 20 custom maps, "Terminal Town "provides a fascinating portrait of the city s famously complex and constantly changing transportation system." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJH; 3JJP; 3JM; WG; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 794.
Whether by road, rail, water, or sky . . . people come to Chicago. In droves. In waves of migration and immigration. For work and for play. But how do they get to Chicago?
Terminal Town answers this question with a fast-moving history of Chicago's many passenger transportation terminals. These have, for generations, served as defining features of the city's cosmopolitan character. Showcasing great icons of transportation, including Chicago's Union Station, Dearborn Station, and Midway and O'Hare airports, as well as lesser-known and long-gone terminals throughout the metropolitan region, this book illustrates why the Windy City so richly deserves ... Read more
Whether by road, rail, water, or sky . . . people come to Chicago. In droves. In waves of migration and immigration. For work and for play. But how do they get to Chicago?
Terminal Town answers this question with a fast-moving history of Chicago's many passenger transportation terminals. These have, for generations, served as defining features of the city's cosmopolitan character. Showcasing great icons of transportation, including Chicago's Union Station, Dearborn Station, and Midway and O'Hare airports, as well as lesser-known and long-gone terminals throughout the metropolitan region, this book illustrates why the Windy City so richly deserves ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lake Forest College United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Lake Forest, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780982315699
SKU
V9780982315699
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About Joseph P. Schwieterman
Joseph P. Schwieterman is a professor in the School of Public Service and director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University. A nationally known authority on air, bus, and train travel, Schwieterman has spent more than three decades studying the Windy City’s historically significant and ever-changing transportation system.
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