Screen LibraryFrom boom to bubble : how finance built the new Chicago /
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226294483 (cloth : alk. paper) : 022629448X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | HT177 |
| CLC: | C912.81 |
| Call Number: | C912.81/W373 |
| Contents: | Introduction: why we overbuild -- Real estate speculations -- The rhythm of urban redevelopment -- Fast money builds the speculative city -- Out with the old: how professional practices construct the desire for new construction -- Chicago in the 2000s -- Downtown Chicago's millennial boom -- Who overbuilt Chicago? -- Making the market for Chicago's new skyscrapers -- Building the future -- The slow build -- Epilogue: why we will continue to overbuild. |