Completely revised and updated, this is the liveliest and most wide-ranging guide ever written about Chicago's amazing architecture Thousands of visitors flock to Chicago every year - just for the architecture...and the blues, and the food, and... The AIA Guide to Chicago, Second Edition, showcases more than 1,000 individual buildings, along with more than 400 photographs - many taken expressly for this volume - plus 35 specially commissioned walking maps. The book is arranged geographically so that the user can tour each area of the city as conveniently as possible. Building descriptions focus on the illuminating - but easily overlooked - details that give the behind-the-scenes, often unexpected story of why a building took the shape it did.