By David M. Young 1998, Hardbound, 204 pages, Black and White photography throughout Combining nostalgia and historical detail, Young tells the colorful story of transportation in Chicago, from the plank roads of the 1850’s to the streetcar straphangers of the 1920’s to the articulated buses of the 1990’s. Illustrated with more than 90 photographs and maps, Chicago Transit reveals the political shenanigans, business deals, and technological changes behind the transportation system that made Chicago ‘the city that works.’ 9408$35.00

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