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May is preservation month!

 

 
         
   

Elgin Celebrates
May 1 -31, 2008
Elgin, Illinois


The Elgin Heritage Commission celebrates Preservation Month with over 15 events throughout May. For additional information please view the Elgin Preservation Month PDF.

 

Elgin Preservation Month

 

 

 

 

 
     

 

 
   

Aurora Preservation Month
May 8-31, 2008
Aurora, Illinois


The city of Aurora kicks-off Preservation Month with a lecture on Green Preservation, Bike Tour, Awards and “De-Siding Event” and more. To learn more, view Aurora Preservation Month Events PDF.

 

Aurora Preservation Month Events

 

 
         
    The History of the “L”
May 8, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


Join the author of The Chicago “L”, Greg Borzo, as he discusses the growth, development and preservation of one of America’s most enduring icons. The “L” has been running 24/7 for 115 years.

For more information, go to Friends of the Parks at www.fotp.org or Chicagoland Bicycle Federation at www.biketraffic.org.
 
 
         
   

Nosh
May 8, 2008
Geneva, Illinois


A lecture by Mike Jackson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, on Sustaining Design: Lesson from the Past followed by food and chat.

Sponsored by the historic preservation commissions of Aurora, Elgin and Geneva, Batavia Main Street, and Preservation Partners of the Fox Valley. For additional information please view the Nosh PDF.

 

Nosh

 

 
         
   

Do We Dare Squander Chicago’s
Great Architectural Heritage
Present – May 9, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


Chicago Architecture Foundation exhibit examines the role of historic preservation in the construction of the city and its identity.

For more information: www.architecture.org/dowedare.

 

 
         
 

 

House History Workshop
May 10, 2008
Berwyn, Illinois

 
Architectural historian Jean Guarino Clark will discuss a wide variety of resources available for home history research. Sponsored by the Berwyn Historical Society.  For additional information view the House History Workshop PDF.
 

House History Workshop

 

 
         
   

The Care and Maintenance of Historic Masonry
May 10, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


The Historic Chicago Greystone Initiative® at Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (NHS) is sponsoring a free public information session designed specifically for owners of historic Greystones. Mario Machnicki, president and co-founder of U.S. Heritage Group, Inc. will present. For more information, view the Greystone Workshop PDF.

 

Greystone Workshop

 

 
         
   

Homeowner Hands-On Workshop
May 12, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


U.S.. Heritage Group offers a class on “Traditional Limewash : Mixing, Application, & Finish” and “Do’s and Don’ts of Repointing”.

For more information: www.usheritage.com/events.

 

 
         
   

Discovering Lincoln’s Illinois Legacy
May 12, 2008
Springfield, Illinois


A motorcoach tour presented by the McLean County Museum of History departs from Peoria for a day in Springfield. For more information, view the PDF.
 

Lincoln Tour


Photo: Lincoln’s Home, Springfield

 

 
         
   

A Discussion with Paul Goldberger
May 15, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winner and architecture critic for The New Yorker, will look at the state of architecture and how Chicago compares to other cities around the country. Joining Mr. Goldberger will be Lee Bey, Executive Director of the Chicago Central Area Committee, writer, adviser, professor and critic specializing in architecture. To learn more, Goldberger_Bey_Lecture.pdf.

 

Goldberger Bey Lecturer

 

 
         
   

Cemetery Basics
May 17, 2008
Morris, Illinois


The National Center for Preservation Technology in cooperation with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency is presenting a workshop on historic cemeteries. For further information on the workshop, see Cemetery Basics PDF or contact Dawn Cobb at (217) 558-8973.

 

Cemetery Basics

 

 
         
   

Hike for History
May 17, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


2nd annual 5K benefit for the History Fair in Hyde Park includes guided tour of Hyde Park. For more information,
view the PDFs.

 

Hike 2008

Hike Registration

Hike Sponsorship

 

 
         
   

Great Chicago Places & Spaces
May 17-18, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


A weekend dedicated to architecture and design that offers more than 200 free tours of Chicago and its neighborhoods. Hear advocacy stories and tour of some of Chicago’s most difficult historic preservation challenges of the past few year in "Saved From the Wrecking Ball" with Landmarks Illinois at 9:15 am 5/17 & 5/18.

 

For complete tour information go to www.greatchicagoplaces.us.

 
Photo: Montgomery Ward Catalog House, Chicago

 

 
         
   

Glessner House Benefit
May 18, 2008
Lake Forest, Illinois


This very special fundraising event will feature tours of two of the finest estates in Lake Forest: the 1927 William E. Clow Jr. house designed by David Adler and 1915-16 Bagatelle designed by Edward H. Bennett.

For more information, call (312) 326-1480 or go to www.glessnerhouse.org/programs.

 

 
         
   

11 Most Endangered Historic Places
May 20, 2008
Washington DC


The National Trust for Historic Preservation will announce
their “Eleven Most” during National Preservation Month.
 

For more information on this and other NTHP events go to, www.preservationnation.org.
 

 
         
   

break :: the :: box
May 29, 2008
Oak Park, Illinois


Unity Temple Foundation lecture series exploring creative non-conformity across, art, architecture and culture.

For more information, visit the Unity website at: www.unitytemple-utrf.org/events.html.


Photo: Unity Temple interior, Oak Park

 

 
         
   

Victorian Society in America Summer School
May 30-June 8, 2008
Newport, Rhode Island


The program focuses on architecture, the decorative arts and preservation and features lectures by experts in these fields
and numerous site visits.

 

For more information, go to www.victoriansociety.org.

 

 

 

 

 
         
 

 

Stained Glass Windows

Women Designers Who Advanced Tiffany’s Career

Speaker: Monica Obniski

May 31, 2008

Chicago, Illinois

 

Lectures and tea presented at Second Presbyterian Church, 1936 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, by Friends of Historic Second Church.

Public tours are conducted on the first and third Saturday of each month at 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. Cost for lectures
and tours is $5 each.

For more information, call (800) 657-0687.
 

 
         
   

Inspired by Nature: The Garfield Park Conservatory
and Chicago’s West Side
Present – June 6, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


Exhibition illuminates the fascinating history of the Garfield Park Conservatory and the West Side neighborhood through a series of photographs, maps, illustrations and narratives, which honors the centennial year of the Conservatory in 2008.

For more information on the exhibition and related events, go
to www.architecture.org/exhibitions.html#johnbuck.

 

 
         
   

Celebrate Prairie Avenue
June 6 & 8, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


A book signing with William Tyre, author of Chicago’s Historic Prairie Avenue, on June 6 at Glessner House and a Walk Through Time tour inside some of Prairie Avenue’s most historic sites. For more information, view Glessner House Events.pdf

 

Glessner House Events

 

 

 

 
         
   

Belles of Belleville
June 7, 2008
Belleville, Illinois


Tour five historic homes c. 1845-1930. The more information, call (618) 222-2077 or view the Belleville Tour PDF.

 

Belles of Bellevilles

 

 

 
         
   

Preservation Summer 2008
June 9, 2008
Carbondale & Cairo, Illinois


This 8-week class on historic preservation field studies will focus on the “Cairo Urban Planning Project”, “The Blues Venues on Cairo”, and “The Shotgun House Project”. For more information, view the Preservation Summer 2008 Brochure PDF.

 

Preservation Summer 2008


 

 
         
    On the Road with SAH
June 22, 2008
Chicago, Illinois


Explore the Heigler Carus sites, Hotel Kaskaskia and the I & M Canal with the Society of Architectural Historian, Chicago Chapter.

For more information: sahchicagochapter.blogspot.com.

 

 
         
   

Preserving the Historic Road
September 11-14, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico


Ten year anniversary of the conference just steps from Albuquerque’s historic Old Town Plaza and near the historic intersection of El Camino Real and US Route 66.

 

For more information, go to www.historicroads.org.


 

 
         
   

 

 

 

 

 

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