The University of Chicago Press

From the back cover:"The Studio Reader pulls back the curtain to reveal the activities behind artistic production. What does it mean to be in the studio? What is the space of the studio in the artist's practice? How do studios help artists envision their agency and, beyond that, their entire lives? This forward-thinking anthology brings together artists, curators, each of whom locates the studio both spatially and conceptually at the center of an art world that increasingly crosses institutions, markets, and disciplines."

History of Hyde Park neighborhood through documentation of notable residences.

Essays and short fiction on why read/who reads poetry.

Story of the Daniel Burnham plan for Chicago

Using the South Side of Chicago as a microcosm, Spear analyzes the creation and circumstances that caused the 'Negro' 'ghetto' to form the way that it did. From back cover 'Allan Spear explores here the history of a major Negro community during a crucial thirty-year period when a relatively fluid pattern of race relations gave way to a rigid system of segregation and discrimination'.

This book gives a natural history of the land and life in Chicago and the counties surrounding it.

Chicago's Famous Buildings is a book documenting the architectural landmarks and other notable buildings of the mid 1960's in Chicago.