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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.
A Star is Reborn
Date:
Thursday, February 16
Time:
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Admission:
Free
Place:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center
Speaker: Richard Sklenar, Theatre
Historical Society
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A discussion about the
restoration and reuse of several historic theatres and their role as
catalysts for area revitalization.
Photos: Patio Theater,
Chicago.
Credit: Courtesy of the Patio Theater
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Strike!
Chicago's Early Bowling "Recs"
Date:
Thursday, March 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: John D. Cramer, architecture and
preservation consultant
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Before World War II, commercial
bowling and billiard halls (or "recs") provided America's urban communities
with elaborate movie palace-inspired settings for indoor sports
entertainment. Today, the majority of Chicago's most spectacular "bowling
palaces" have either been repurposed or have been demolished. Join us for a
discussion about Chicago's early commercial “recs” and the stories of the
entrepreneurs and architects who built these forgotten structures
Photo: Bowler, c. 1926
(credit: Chicago Daily News)
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Myth Buster
New Perspectives on the Chicago
School
Date:
Thursday, April 19
Time:
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Admission:
Free
Place:
Claudia Cassidy Theater, second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center
Speaker: Jean Guarino, architectural
historian
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Were architects of the "Chicago
School" really concerned about symbolically expressing the steel frame
construction of their skyscrapers? Did these 19th century towers influence
the work of 20th century European modernists? Jean Guarino will address some
of the myths surrounding the "Chicago School" while examining the
contemporary concerns that played a major role in the appearance of
Chicago's distinctive skyscrapers during the heroic period of the 1880s and
early 1890s: labor strife, height limits, sanitation, and above all,
economics.
Photos: Detail of Louis
Sullivan's Carson Pirie Scott Building and Walter Gropius's 1923 project for
the competition on the Chicago Tribune Tower, as juxtaposed in Sigfried
Giedion's “Space, Time and Architecture” (1941)
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General Information |
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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. Before each lecture 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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