Cityfiles Press
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Bronzeville Nights: On the Town in Chicago’s Black Metropolis
$29.95 Read moreBronzeville was once America’s most vibrant Black community–next to Harlem. Nightclubs, dance halls, rialtos, and jazz and blues joints lined the streets of Chicago’s South Side. Not much is left. A
- Author: Dubin, Steven C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 01, 2021
- ISBN10: 1733869026
- Language: English
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River of Blood: American Slavery from the People Who Lived It: Interviews & Photographs of Formerly Enslaved African Americans
$34.95 Add to cartIn the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration’s efforts to give jobs to unemployed Americans, government workers tracked down… [more below]
- Author: Cahan, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0991541855
- Language: English
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At Home in Chicago: A Living History of Domestic Architecture
$65.00 Read moreImagine a book that takes you into more than fifty of Chicago’s most striking homes. No need to knock or ring. Here’s your chance to take a slow ramble through lavish dining rooms, working kitchens, p
- Author: Caulfield, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1733869034
- Language: English
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Lost in America: Photographing the Last Days of Our Architectural Treasures
$40.00 Add to cartLost in America documents the life and death of America’s architectural and historic treasures. The book is based on a remarkable archive created by the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), a Wor
- Author: Cahan, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1733869050
- Language: English
