Uptown: Portrait of a Chicago Neighborhood In the mid-1970's

This book of striking black-and-white photographs forms a fascinating time capsule. The photos, taken during the mid-1970s, depict life in the aging North Side Chicago neighborhood of Uptown. More than 200 evocative photographs comprise the portrait of this Chicago neighborhood in transition. The author's photos allow the reader to experience the conflicts and ironies of life in one of the city's poorest, most diverse and densely populated neighborhoods.

As the author notes in his introduction…