{"product_id":"9781587980169","title":"One Hundred Years of Land Values in Chicago: The Relationship of the Growth of Chicago to the Rise of Its Land Values, 1830-1933","description":"Asource of invaluable data and analysis for students of urban land economics, One Hundred Years Of Land Values In Chicago was the first comprehensive study of land values in a large city over a long period of time. The author successfully wove in the social and economic history of Chicago as well.\u003cp\u003e The book covers the years 1830-1933, a period of dizzying growth during which Chicago grew from a cluster of a dozen log huts at the site where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan, to a booming city of 211 square miles and a population of almost 3.5 million. Over those hundred years, ground value grew from a few thousand dollars to more than $5 billion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What a century it was! Chicago rode a roller-coaster ride of the railroad boom, the Civil War, the Great Chicago Fire, the first skyscrapers, the First World's Fair, the First World War, and the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The book is exhaustively researched, with 103 maps showing land values of specific sections in various years; the evolution of the railroad; the growth of public transportation (from horse car lines and street-car lines to elevated lines); sewer construction; the distribution of buildings of various heights; population densities; residential areas by predominant ethnic groups, among others. There are 103 data tables as well, including employment and wage figures; mortgage rates and amounts; property sales and rents; and various comparisons with cities of similar size.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beard Group Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053799653616,"sku":"9781587980169","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781587980169_p0.jpg?v=1763801916","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781587980169","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}