Intro/Outro: “Skullduggery” by Steppenwolf

Discussed:

• The Richard J. Daley Collection archives at University of Illinois Chicago
• The Development Plan for the Central Area of Chicago, 1958
• Chicago as a gameboard, in which skyscrapers were chess pieces
• Arthur Rubloff
• The Field Building, 1934
• 860-880 Lake Shore Drive
• C.F. Murphy, the Zelig figure of Chicago architecture and real estate
• The State of Illinois Building > James R. Thompson Center > Google Center
• The Sears Tower and its land accumulation saga
• The John Hancock Center – the “car chase” scene in the book
• Jerry Wolman
• Carl Condit
• Modern Architecture: A Critical History - Kenneth Frampton
• The Power Broker – Robert Caro