The iron horse and the windy city : how railroads shaped Chicago /
Young, David,1940 September 22-
Dekalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-259) and index.
Before the iron horse -- Arrival of the railroads -- Critical mass -- Bypassing Chicago -- Shaping Chicago -- The suburbs -- Travelers and terminals -- The bottleneck -- The railroad supply industry -- Dominance, reform, and regulation -- Railroad crossings -- Decline and decentralization -- Liquidation, consolidation, and diversification -- Redevelopment.
Railroads
Land use