A red steel elevated train trestle spans across the frame, its geometric lattice work creating strong diagonal lines against a backdrop of towering rectangular buildings in cream and pale gray. The composition captures the graphic contrast between the industrial infrastructure of mid-century Chicago and its modernist skyscrapers, with a commuter train visible on the tracks above, rendered in cool blues and whites. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.