Chicago

Color photography taken on, below and near Bloomingdale Trail in Chicago

For twenty-six years Chicagoan Mike Royko has written the best doggone daily essay column in America. Along the way he's discovered the strange, the unusual, and the truth. So now meet his creation, Dr. I. M. Kookie, who thinks the world is just one big madhouse. Mike Royko thinks so too, but his remedy is to laugh.* *Abstract taken from back cover

A book about Mayor Daley's actions during the aldermanic election of February 23, 1999. It discusses the illegal actions taken by the mayor against the campaign of Cynthia Soto. This book examines documents from Chicago's First Ward alderman election of 1999. Allegations of fraud and unlawful practices during the election prompted an FBI investigation and this book presents an expanded version of the FBI report.

The scene is familiar; you are chatting with your roommate about possible adventures to partake in around the city. Laura Szumowski gathered such a list she made with her roommate and illustrated them with location details and adorable graphics.

This independent journal operates under the mission of putting forth scholarly essays about design, while being published quarterly. Distance is also published digitally via MailChimp.

"First Published in 1939, 'The WPA Guide to Illinois' captures more vividly than any other guide both Chicago's quick pulse and the richly varied character of the rest of the state. Thirties Chicago, birthplace of the skyscraper, had just played host to the dazzling Century of Progress Exposition; the Board of Trade was the city's tallest building; and State Street was said to be the most brilliantly lighted street in the world. The stunning residences of the Gold Coast along Lake Shore Drive offered the city's most concentrated display of wealth, while on the South Side hundreds of freight cars rattled into the stock yards each night with their noisy cargo of livestock."

Collection of poems focused on Sylvia Plath.

"Each (poem) is a window opening into beauty and fluency. There is every shade of happiness and sadness, anger and peace in this collection. Their effortless renderings of a civilized mind in touch with an often mad world are often part of their mystery." *