Chicago

Abstract

Abstract In Chicago things stand out. A curious very vivid grey-white light seems to illumine and reveal each form and feature. Nothing can hide. Few things can be hidden. All of Chicago is exposed. Its buildings—the Palmolive, the Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building—stand out. In a corresponding way its life—the underworld and gangland, politics, civic institutions, social groups, society—stand out. For some extremely interesting reasons Chicago, more than any other city I know, is glaringly evident. This is why it has impressed itself upon its residents and upon its neighbors, near and far, as no other modern city has.