Main entry:

Chester, Ryan, artist.

Title & Author:

Chicago reflected : a skyline drawing from the Chicago River / Ryan Chester ; with an essay by Thomas Dyja.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2023.
©2023

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 x 29 cm + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages ; 21 x 29 cm)

Notes:
Title from cover of booklet.
Panorama folded accordian-style, printed on two sides. One side depicts the west and north banks; the other depicts the south and east banks.
Booklet includes a key to the panorama, identifying streets and important buildings.
Accompanied by a sheet from the publisher with a description and reviews.
Issued in slipcase.

Summary:

"In March 2020, architect Ryan Chester began drawing the Chicago River for at least one hour every day. Using only a pen, he moved methodically along a single massive roll of paper. As each chaotic, isolating day of the COVID-19 pandemic passed, he stayed connected with his adopted city by carefully documenting by hand the beautiful intricacies of Chicago's riverfront architecture, boats, and bridges. As completed, Chester's two-foot-high, fifty-five-foot-long drawing is a unique vision. In addition to dozens of accurately depicted buildings, Chester included pieces of Chicago's past, including the Union Station Concourse Building that was demolished in 1969 and the immense SS Eastland, which sank in the river in 1915, killing hundreds of people. Recent architecture is featured as well, including Studio Gang's St. Regis Chicago tower and the Bank of America Tower by Goettsch Partners." - from publisher website

ISBN:

9780226828541 (cloth)
0226828549 (cloth)

Subject:

Urban landscape architecture Illinois Chicago.
Paysage urbain Illinois Chicago.
Chicago River (Ill.) Pictorial works.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
Chicago (Ill. : Rivière) Ouvrages illustrés.

Form/genre:

Panoramas (visual works) Illinois Chicago 2023.
Accordian fold books.

Added entries:

Dyja, Thomas, contributor.

Skyline drawing from the Chicago River

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319685
Call No.: 319685
Copy: 1
Status: Available