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Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:00pm
Geographical Memory: The 25th Anniversary of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Historic Corridor
Lewis University
From a historical perspective, the creation of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor represents historical revisionism that placed geography and the history of waterborne transportation at the center of local consciousness. The NHC concept has become a national trend that recovers a sense of place in the local and national context. [MORE]
Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:00pm
Lecture: Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, founder of Philadelphia-based NAO (Normal Architecture Office), presents a lecture in conjunction with the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City. Weiss is an architect educated at Harvard University and Belgrade University. His book Almost Architecture explores the roles of architecture vis-a-vis democratic processes, abrupt political changes and architectural appearance of post-communist ideologies. [MORE]
November 12, 2009
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Exhibits
Bennett’s Plan of Elgin
Water = Life
Be Like Burnham
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Connecting Industry:
South Shore Freight
In and After School
Burnham Plan History Fair Award
Burnham Plan Centennial Committee