Lee Bey Looks at Chicago’s Hidden Modernist Gems

Posted by Chris Morris on March 6, 2012 · Comments Off 

The Illinois Federal Savings and Loan in Bronzeville is just one of many hidden modernist gems in Chicago that Lee Bey will explore in his talk on March 8. Photo by Lee Bey.

On March 8 at 5:30 pm Lee Bey, Photographer & Architecture Contributor for WBEZ and wbez.org, will reveal the modernist treasure that lies in Chicago’s neighborhoods in his talk “When the Bauhaus Met the Bungalow Belt.” He will explore a wide-ranging but relatively anonymous collection of postwar homes, neighborhoods, churches, synagogues, dry-cleaners, medical buildings and … Read more

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Get Ready for Chicago Modern Events!

Posted by Chris Morris on February 15, 2012 · Comments Off 

CMMTM Events collage

What do Pulitzer-Prize winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger, architect and “Mall Maker” Victor Gruen, Mad Men’s Don Draper, and the Hancock Center have in common? They all are part of the “Chicago Modern: More than Mies” events this spring! The Save Prentice Coalition, along with CAF, the Mies van der Rohe Society, AIA Chicago, the … Read more

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