Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History

Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History

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<div><P>Combining nostalgia and historical detail, David Young tells the colorful story of transportation in Chicago, from the plank roads of the 1850s to the streetcar straphangers of the 1920s to the articulated buses of the 1990s. Illustrated with more than 90 photographs and maps, <I>Chicago Transit</I> reveals the political shenanigans, business deals, and technological changes behind the transportation system that made Chicago "the city that works."</P></div>