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Landmarks Illinois Events

Preservation Snapshot Lectures

 

Landmarks Illinois presents a monthly lecture series  titled Preservation Snapshots,
from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at the Chicago Cultural Center. Admission is free.

 


 

Pond and Pond: Progressive Architects

Date: February 18

Time: 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

Place: Claudia Cassidy Theater, second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center

Speaker: Terry Tatum, architectural historian

  

 

Irving K. and Allen B. Pond, brothers and partners, are lesser-known compared with their contemporary Frank Lloyd Wright, with whom they once shared studio space at Steinway Hall.  The recently published book, “The Autobiography of Irving K. Pond” edited by David Swan and Terry Tatum, will be available for sale after the lecture.
 
Photo: American School of Correspondence, Chicago. Credit: Terry Tatum

 


 

Industrial Conversion: Sears Power House

Date: March 18

Time: 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

Place: Claudia Cassidy Theater, second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center

Speaker: Doug Farr, Farr Associates

  

 

How do you turn a 1905 industrial power house into a 21st century learning institute? Architect Doug Farr, Farr Associates, will discuss the award-winning conversion of the Sears, Roebuck and Company world headquarters power house, designed by the architectural firm of Nimmons & Fellows, into the Henry Ford Academy: Power House High, a new math and science educational facility in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood.

Caption: Sears Power House, Chicago. Credit: James Peters

 


 

Mid-century Houses of Worship: A Radical Departure

Date: April 15

Time: 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

Place: Claudia Cassidy Theater, second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center

Speaker: To Be Announced

  

 

The concept of religious spaces in the 20th century was a radical departure from the architectural traditions of centuries past. Following the Second Vatican Council of 1962-1965, Catholic church architecture—and even worship spaces from other denominations— underwent a radical shift in both theory and design. From Gothic Revival to Space Age Modernism, learn how the academic principals behind the 1950s-60s Liturgical Movement shaped a generation of religious architectural design.

Caption: St. Celestine Church, Elmwood Park

 


 

Louis Sullivan’s Idea

Date: May 20

Time: 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Admission: Free

Place: Claudia Cassidy Theater, second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center

Speaker: Tim Samuelson, City of Chicago, Cultural Historian

  

 

Despite his notoriety, late-19th century architect Louis Sullivan often has been misunderstood. According to Chicago’s Cultural Historian Tim Samuelson, Sullivan was not trying to be the father of modern architecture. His phrase—“Form Follows Function”—was more a philosophical idea than the actual purpose of the buildings he designed. Come hear Samuelson, the curator of an upcoming exhibit on Sullivan, try to put the pieces of this architectural puzzle into place.
 

 

 

     
    General Information  
 

 

The monthly series will be held at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month in the Claudia Cassidy Theater on the second floor. 

 

Experts in preservation - but also skilled in wit, humor and easy understanding - will present talks on a specific subject each month. At the end of each hour there will be a Preservation Update, with announcements about upcoming meetings, other lectures and upcoming events related to preservation.

 

Please note, that occasionally the meeting place for a lecture will change due to conflicting scheduling at the Chicago Cultural Center. Review the individual lecture descriptions for current location information. Thank you.

 
     

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