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• Haunted Architecture Walk - Chicago

  • When
    Thursday, October 24, 2019
  •  
    5:30 PM
  • Location
    Chicago, IL
  • Spaces left
    3
  • Registered
    17 registrants

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  Please join APT WGLC at 5:30 on October 24th for a fun-filled haunted evening! We’ll take a casual walking tour of North Michigan Ave. and make stops at three notable sites to learn about their history and alleged haunted connections. We’ll end the tour at another local bar for those who’d like to stay longer. We anticipate the walking tour with included bar stop will take approximately one hour.

  This program is limited to the first twenty registrants. Attendance for members is free, there is a $5.00 charge for non-members, fee must be paid at the time of registration.

  Stops will include:

  1^st site: Drake Hotel 140 E. Walton Pl. (meet here for a drink at the hotel bar Coq D'Or at 5:30 pm, tour starts at 6:00)

  2^nd site: Chicago Water Tower 806 N. Michigan Ave. (.3 mile/5 min walk from Drake Hotel)

  3^rd site: John Hancock Center 875 N. Michigan Ave (.2 mile/4 min walk from WT) Grab a drink at the Signature Room after the tour if you'd like. 

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• Frank Lloyd Wright UNESCO World Heritage List Inscription Lecture

  • When
    Monday, November 04, 2019
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Unity Temple, 875 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301
  • Registered
    29 registrants

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  Please join the National Park Service, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, and APT WGLC on November 4^th at 6:00 pm for an evening program at Unity Temple to celebrate the recent UNESCO World Heritage List inscription of eight sites designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The program will include a brief slide presentation and lecture from Phyllis Ellin and Barbara Gordon of the nomination process.

  Attendees will be eligible for 1 AIA CEU (pending approval). Registration is open to everyone. Local street parking is available.

  Wright is widely considered to be the greatest American architect of the 20th century, and the sites in the group inscription span his influential career. They include Unity Temple (constructed 1906-1909, Oak Park, Illinois), the Frederick C. Robie House (constructed 1910, Chicago, Illinois), Taliesin (begun 1911, Spring Green, Wisconsin), Hollyhock House (constructed 1918-1921, Los Angeles, California), Fallingwater (constructed 1936-1939, Mill Run, Pennsylvania), the Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House (constructed 1936-1937, Madison, Wisconsin), Taliesin West (begun 1938, Scottsdale, Arizona) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (constructed 1956-1959, New York, New York). The collection represents the first modern architecture designation in the country on the prestigious list. As Barbara Gordon stated, “This recognition by UNESCO is a significant way for us to reconfirm how important Frank Lloyd Wright was to the development of modern architecture around the world.”

  There are nearly 400 remaining structures designed by Wright. The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy hopes that the inscription of these eight major works also brings awareness to the importance of preserving all of his buildings as a vital part of our artistic, cultural and architectural heritage. It is the Conservancy’s belief that all communities where a Wright building stands should appreciate what they have and share in the responsibility to protect their local—and world—heritage. The eight inscribed sites have played a prominent role in the development and evolution of Modern architecture during the first half of the 20th century and continuing to the present.

  The Wright nomination has been in development for more than 15 years, a coordinated effort between the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, each of the nominated sites and independent scholars, with a substantial financial commitment realized through subsidies and donations, countless hours donated by staff and volunteers, and the guidance and assistance of the National Park Service. The nomination effort was spearheaded by Fallingwater Director Emerita and founding Conservancy board member Lynda Waggoner, with Fallingwater contributing support and expertise in the nomination’s preparation.

  
  

  Phyllis Ellin is a contract historian and architectural historian for the U.S. National Park Service’s Office of International Affairs, focusing on the World Heritage program.  She has guided the preparation of several U.S. nominations, and has served on U.S. delegations to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee since 2008.  

  Barbara Gordon is the Executive Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, which is the only organization dedicated to facilitating the preservation and stewardship of the remaining built works designed by Frank Lloyd Wright through advocacy, education and technical services.  The Conservancy was responsible for the coordination of the nomination of 8 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to the World Heritage list, which includes Oak Park’s Unity Temple.

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• Contractor Round-table Discussion

  • When
    Wednesday, December 04, 2019
  • Location
    UIC Chicago, IL

  Save the date! Join us on the evening of December 4th for a round-table discussion with preservation industry contractors. Please check back for more information. 

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