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WildOnions.org ChicagoShop: Chicago Guidebooks
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in the WildOnions.org ChicagoShop catalogue are the very best in Chicago books
and print media. We've looked through the stack and included only top-quality
items for you to peruse, purchase, and enjoy!
This
is one of the best guidebooks there is for the city of Chicago. It is not a standard
tourist edition, but instead of relying on stylish maps and designs, the Native's
Guide looks deep into the city and its many neighborhoods. The detailed descriptions
of restauarants, sights, and unique features make ideal reading for resident and
tourist alike. A one-of-a-kind book for a one-of-a-kind city.
As tourist
guidebooks go, this one makes the grade. Good maps, a particularly useful format,
and great information give this book its fine quality. Its forté is in
detailing the restaurants, shops, and landmarks of the more upscale parts of downtown
Chicago and a few surrounding areas.
Presented
as a guide to Chicago's architecture, this encylopedic volume is far, far more.
Delving into detailed explorations of the history, landmarks, and physical environment
of a large percentage of Chicago's neighborhoods, from well-known to little-known,
this book is essential for any true Chicago adventurer. It is organized into splendidly
mapped sections of the city, with sights numbered clearly for walking or driving
tours.
For the
experienced traveler, this reference guide is one of the most detailed and efficient
for the most commonly visited areas of Chicagoland. Its excellent maps are keyed
to precise descriptions, and its accuracy is top-rate. Not as visually appealing
as Access or the Dorling Kindersley series, but superb in terms of content.
Despite
the title, this book is useful for anyone, whether in Chicago for a day or a year.
It is not a guidebook so much as an annotated atlas, with beautiful maps of neighborhoods
and near suburbs and a highly detailed legend. Side notes offer brief descriptions
of each area and catalog everything from restaurants and landmarks to video rental
stores and dry cleaners.
As the
title suggests, this guide thoroughly orients the new resident to the cultural
landscape of Chicago and introduces practical necessities, unique features of
the city, and many of its interesting neighborhoods. Even a long-time resident
might learn quite a bit reading it.
A different approach to looking at Chicago restaurants,
the Slow Food guide emphasizes quality, from ingredients to final presentation,
and exploring restaurants of many ehtnicities in many neighborhoods and suburbs
of Chicago. An excellent choice for the visitor or local food-lover.
Unexpected indeed, this photographic odyssey into the built environments
of Chicagoland investigates culture, time, economy, aesthetics, and the experience
of exploring the "real" Chicago, leaving behind the tourist hype and
consumer spin and plunging into the region's authentic character.
Amazing in its quality and completeness, this text
is the ultimate Chicagoland resource for historical and cultural summaries. Fully
illustrated with vintage photographs and state-of-the-art maps and diagrams, this
is a Chicagoland encyclopedia done right.
Lost
Chicago David Garrard Lowe, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005.
A
fascinating look at the Chicago that was and is no more, through photographs of
buildings no longer in existence. At once wistful and inspiring, here is a chapter
of Chicago history well worth a look.
The best available Chicagoland
atlas, covering seven metropolitan counties in easy-to-read detail. Whether driving
in the Loop or the Chicago neighborhoods, or venturing to or from the suburbs,
its street-by-street maps are good for the first-time traveler and highly useful
for the experienced as well. Even those on foot will find the scale of these maps
amenable to city or country walking tours.
