Friday, October 8, 2010

where there's infinite space

Peoria County, Illinois (2003)

Isn't it fascinating that the skyscraper developed not on an island, where it was needed, but out here, where there's infinite space.


David Plowden talking about Chicago and the Midwest as quoted in Brave companions: portraits in history by David McCullough. Simon and Schuster, 1992. p. 178

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