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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“A must-read book about Chicago’s renowned landscape heritage, from its famed parks and urban plazas to public gardens, campuses, and cemeteries.… It will go a long way to sharing the urban treasures of this architecturally rich city.”
Judith B. Tankard, author and landscape historian, Landscape Institute
| Publication Date: 15 June 2007 | Cloth • 300 pages • $20.00 • £13.00 |
| UK Publication Date: 9 July 2007 | ISBN: 978-0-226-10140-8 |
| Also available in cloth, ISBN-13: 978-0-226-10139-2, $45.00/ú28. |
Chicago. In the early twentieth century, the mere mention of the name conjured images of stockyards and steel mills, industry and immigration—a sooty mecca for industrialists and laborers who invented and built the American city. Fast-forward one hundred years and you find Chicago at the forefront of another revolution—this time leading the charge to green city spaces. Since 1989, hundreds of thousands of trees have been planted, miles of historic boulevards renovated, and “green roofs” built on over two hundred buildings. Through these efforts and others, Chicago is now known as an innovative force in a global urban greening movement.
Chicago’s Urban Nature is a beautifully illustrated guide to the evolution of this green city. At the heart of “urban nature,” Sally A. Kitt Chappell demonstrates, is the idea of connection, bringing together buildings and landscapes, culture and nature. With Chicago’s Urban Nature in hand, you’ll see those connections woven through the fabric of the city. Chappell provides new insights into such historic sites as Jens Jensen’s Garfield Park Conservatory and Alfred Caldwell’s Lily Pond, and then leads us through the innovative contemporary green spaces they influenced, from City Hall’s rooftop garden to the North Lawndale Green Youth Farm.
These beautiful green spaces, with their unprecedented fusion of art, architecture, and ecology, have become far more than places of escape for Chicagoans—they are an essential part of the cultural life of the city. Chicago’s Urban Nature is the essential guide to green Chicago, packed with maps, recommended tours, and splendid photos, ideal for both day-trippers and lifelong Chicago residents.
Sally A. Kitt Chappell is available for interviews. For more information, please contact Laura Andersen at (773) 702-3233 or landersen@press.uchicago.edu
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