Sidewalks

by Kogan, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780810123496
• ISBN10: 0810123495
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Northwestern Univ Pr

Summary

Chicago--past, present, and future--is captured in this unique archive of commentary and evocative color photos.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Morning on Maxwell	p. 2
A Life on the Water	p. 4
The Flock of Fifty-Third	p. 6
A Good Walk Unspoiled	p. 8
High on Religion	p. 10
Running the Tables	p. 12
Post no Belles	p. 14
Clean Machines	p. 18
Nine Lives to Live	p. 20
Healing and Hope	p. 22
Big Big Man	p. 24
The Man on the Porch	p. 26
Biking in Blizzards	p. 28
A Bloody Good Pub	p. 30
Somewhere	p. 32
Making a Splash	p. 34
Just Plain Folk	p. 36
In the Corn	p. 38
The Kids of Summer	p. 40
One Very Big Bat	p. 42
Hot Coffee, Cool Cats	p. 44
And Now	p. 46
Barn Again	p. 48
Memories of a Blue Bike	p. 50
And They're Off	p. 52
Decades of Grunts	p. 56
My Lover the Car	p. 58
Giving Back	p. 60
Spicy Surprises	p. 62
Little Big Man	p. 64
Ethan's Little Secret	p. 66
Underground Books	p. 68
Sundays in Saloons	p. 70
Urban Beasts	p. 72
Uptown Guy	p. 74
C'mon In-Really	p. 76
Two Stories, No Waiting	p. 78
Skull Session	p. 80
A Life in Three Acts	p. 82
Poetry in Commotion	p. 84
Follow the Bouncing Ball	p. 88
When the Mood Strikes	p. 90
The Collector	p. 92
Keeping Pace With Mustangs	p. 94
Boo's Soul Kitchen	p. 96
Taking it to the Streets	p. 98
Writing on the Wall	p. 100
A Taste of Cotton Candy	p. 102
No Place Like Home	p. 104
Set 'Em Up	p. 106
A Cat and Mouse Story	p. 108
Kids Stuff	p. 110
Jazz and Guns	p. 112
Of Bar Stools and Barbershops	p. 114
Hope in Hammond	p. 116
Keeping the Faith	p. 120
Adventures in the Skin Trade	p. 122
Life At a Buck a Bag	p. 124
Rough Road	p. 126
Innocence of the Cows	p. 128
The Fixers	p. 130
Rocky at Royko's Grove	p. 132
Hot Dog Fever	p. 134
Art of the State	p. 136
A Street-Smart Fellow	p. 138
Winter wonderlands	p. 140
Making a Mark	p. 142
Tito Gets a Haircut	p. 144
The Roadside Gallery	p. 148
A Thriving Five-and-Ten	p. 150
A Refugee's Lasting Legacy	p. 152
A Cold Day in Paradise	p. 154
The Death of Big Kitty	p. 156
The Sands of Time	p. 158
Uneasy Neighbors	p. 160
The Oldest Library	p. 162
Happy Endings	p. 164
Creatures of the Beach	p. 166
A Toothpick Titanic	p. 168
Well Traveled	p. 170
A Patch of Peace	p. 172
In a Day's Work	p. 174
Life and Death on the River	p. 176
Ham and Fromage	p. 178
Any Way the Wind Blows	p. 180
A Novel Garden	p. 184
When in Roma's	p. 186
Still Tough	p. 188
Words to Live By	p. 190
Meet the Doughnut Man	p. 192
Local Literature	p. 194
Saloons in the Sky	p. 196
Written on the Rocks	p. 198
Eating at Joe's	p. 200
Hooked on Ice	p. 202
The Battle of Balbo	p. 204
What's for Frokost?	p. 208
Dubious Honors	p. 210
The Quick Brown Fox	p. 212
A Touch of the Past	p. 214
Loving Bonnie	p. 216
Of Bullets and Bricks	p. 218
A Winning Meal Ticket	p. 220
The Way Things Were	p. 222
An Ode to Bologna	p. 224
Mr. Barber	p. 226
A Deadly Shortcut	p. 228
American Dreamer	p. 230
A Cop Who Loved Music	p. 232
A Big Hug	p. 234
The Last Beach	p. 236
On the Road to Nowhere	p. 238
New Voices in the Park	p. 240
Acknowledgments	p. 243
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