This micro-publication looks at the city of Chicago as a site of origin for materials, particles, and social relations that define the new geological epoch of the Anthropocene.

In Driving the Golden Spike, the reader joins Brian Holmes as a front-seat-passenger for a meditation on the past and present of the city of Chicago. The micro-publication looks at the metropolis as a site of origin for materials, particles, and social relations that define the new geological epoch of the Anthropocene. Part of the Deep Time Chicago pamphlet series.