Chicago Reflected

Chicago Reflected A Skyline Drawing from the Chicago River

Hardback (09 Jan 2024)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A unique and playful hand-drawn exploration of the Chicago River's landscape, documented on an eleven-foot-long foldout.
 

In March 2020, architect Ryan Chester began drawing the Chicago River for at least one hour every day. Using only a pen, he moved methodically along a single massive roll of paper. As each chaotic, isolating day of the COVID-19 pandemic passed, he stayed connected with his adopted city by carefully documenting by hand the beautiful intricacies of Chicago's riverfront architecture, boats, and bridges.
 
As completed, Chester's two-foot-high, fifty-five-foot-long drawing is a unique vision. In addition to dozens of accurately depicted buildings, Chester included pieces of Chicago's past, including the Union Station Concourse Building that was demolished in 1969 and the immense SS Eastland, which sank in the river in 1915, killing hundreds of people. Recent architecture is featured as well, including Studio Gang's St. Regis Chicago tower and the Bank of America Tower by Goettsch Partners.
 
An essay by acclaimed writer Thomas Dyja accompanies the accordion-fold presentation of Chester's drawing, enhancing this remarkable volume that will delight any fan of Chicago, architecture, or art. Chicago Reflected opens up fresh vistas of the stunning, ever-evolving architectural landscape that can be found only in Chicago.

Book information

ISBN: 9780226828541
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Imprint: The University of Chicago Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 977.31100222
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 16
Weight: 902g
Height: 222mm
Width: 292mm
Spine width: 26mm