Explores the dynamic changes that have continuously shaped the greater Loop district, from the late nineteenth century to the present time, in historical photographs and interviews with Jerome R. Butler, Micahel Demetrio, Jerry Field, Marshall Field V, Myles Jarrow, Gary T. Johnson, Bernard Judge, Mary Robinson Kalista, George E. Kanary, Mitch Markovitz, Robert Markovitz, Kay Mayer, James McDonough, Paul Meincke, Josephine Baskin Minow, James O'Connor, Potter Palmer IV, Ann Roth, J.J. Sedelmaier, and David Welch.