Life Magazine, December 24, 1965 - Downtown Chicago, double issue

Original Life Magazine from December 24, 1965 - Downtown Chicago, double issue

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These issues are extremely nice. These are in amazing condition and are great for framing or giving as a cherished gift. Some may have very minor defects and address labels.
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These issues are in pretty good shape. These are great for those who want a complete, original, average condition issue to read and enjoy. They may have some light to moderate flaws like small tears, spots, library stamps etc. but would make a great piece of history for the budget minded to mark any occasion.

Some of the contents in this issue

Special double issue - the US city, its greatness is at stake. Great days of build and rebuild, historic photos of Boston, San Francisco, Baltimore, Seattle, more. Sweep of creative power. Villains, greed, indifference, you - amid slurbs and junk, we must find ways to save beauty. Bitter plague of slums, Gordon Tower. Boston Gladiator, Ed Logue, city planner. Architects talk about ugliness and vitality, James Rouse, Justin Herman, Robert Wood, I.M. Pei, more. What's to come : satellites, megastructures, platforms. Fantasies about what life and transportation will be like in the future: 100 mpg cruisers on a special expressway, Urbmobiles have a hands-off ride, air-cus ion craft, Aquamotels, vertical-rising aircraft, multi-tiered cities. Full page Electric Power and Light Companies ad predicts undersea vacation homes in the future. Philadelphia's future takes shape. Full page color ford stationwagon with "Magic Doorgate" ad.

Table of Contents

U.S. city	5
Cities and towns, Urban life
Problem: to make the ordinary extraordinary concerning year's end issue	5
Life (Periodical)
Mayor's exciting view from city hall	6
Municipal government
Zoom in on the city	24
New York (N.Y.)
No one's in charge	37

Villains are greed, indifference, and you	92
Municipal improvement
Bitter and insistent plague: misery of the house on Hough	106
Blacks (Social conditions), Cleveland (Ohio) (Blacks)
Grim conclusions	119

Bold Boston gladiator, Ed Logue	126
Edward J. Logue; 1921-2000, Boston (Mass.) (City planning)
Nine tough pros sound off	137
City planning
Astride the open road	49
Architecture
Great days of build and rebuild	50
Cities and towns (History)
Sweep of creative power	70
Howard Sochurek; 1924-1994, Photography
Golden clean-up	78
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Big overhaul	80
Boston (Mass.)
Round and tall	82
Detroit (Mich.) (Architecture)
Proud shapes	84
Architecture
Towers in the West	86
Towers
What's to come	143
Cities and towns (Growth), Future
Reston: first of the new satellite cities	144
Reston (Va.)
Many choices begin to form up	158
Local transit, Transportation
Master modemixer	160
Traffic engineering, Transportation
Platform towns	162
Chicago metropolitan area (Ill.)
Multi-tiered cities, stringing out	164
Metropolitan areas
Rural ring	166
New cities and towns
City's future takes shape	168
Philadelphia (Pa.) (City planning)

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