‘From Boom to Bubble’ Community Tour with Professor Rachel Weber
August 20, 2022
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Download iCal FileEnjoy a three-mile walk through three sub-markets of Chicago’s Loop inspired by Dr. Weber’s award-winning book, From Boom to Bubble: How Finance Built the New Chicago. Along the way, she will describe the financial origins and aesthetics of some of the Loop’s most famous office towers as well as the relocation of the city’s primary business district from LaSalle Street to Wacker Drive to Fulton Market.
If you’d like to purchase and read the book in advance, you can find it here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo21386334.html
Students can use the code BOOM50 at checkout on the site for 50% off either the cloth or e-book versions.
You must register in advance of this event. To register, please visit: https://forms.gle/uEWham1pJcDzFs1d8
Date posted
Aug 16, 2022
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Aug 16, 2022