The Architect of the Urban Soul Born in the industrial heart of Rock Island, Illinois, in 1867, Harry Pettit emerged as a visionary whose brush and pen did more than merely record the physical world; he captured the very pulse of an era. His early life was steeped in the wonder of a rapidly advancing century, fueled by the fantastical engineering marvels found in the tales of Jules Verne. This fascination with technological progress a…