Chicago Bits and Pieces: Architectural Components of a Great City is unlike any other book about the architecture of Chicago. Survey over two hundred full-color images of building details discovered upon the great and obscure structures that make this city a mecca for architects and designers. Four years of exploration, through dozens of Chicago’s neighborhoods, yielded an amazing array of gorgeous, close-up images of stone, terra cotta, and metal ornamentation. This volume is truly a celebration of architectural artwork.