At City's Edge: Photographs of Chicago's Lakefront

by Bob Thall and Carol Ehlers

An iron-gray slate on a cold and blustery day, a respite from the summer heat, the engine of the city's notorious blizzards: Lake Michigan is an integral part of the landscape of Chicago. Bob Thall has been photographing the skyline and streets of Chicago for over thirty years, and here in At City's Edge he chronicles the twenty-five-mile shoreline where the asphalt meets the inland sea.

Thall's stark yet rich images take viewers from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930066384
• ISBN13: 9781930066380
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Center for American Places
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.3" x 9.8"