David Garrard Lowe

Lost Chicago by David Lowe focuses on the buildings that have been torn down. Since I’ve never lived in the city and I'm new to the field of Chicago history and architecture, I got rather tired of the drama (this building has “disappeared” and this “gem” has been horrifically removed). Beyond that, though, the book provided a very general history of Chicago in between the photographs, starting with Louis and Clark and going through the Chicago fire and to the early 20th century. Because the focus was on the photographs of the now-torn down buildings, the history was not too dense for me. I learned about a little about the Chicago School of Architecture and I’m eager to learn more. I also found myself interested in some more of the history.… (mehr)