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Chicago, IL, United States, 08/14/2008 - Travel through what’s old and new on Chicago's Near South Side Saturday, September 20, with a tour offered by IIT's Mies van der Rohe Society and the Glessner House Museum.
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Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Mies van der Rohe Society and the Glessner House Museum offer guests a chance to learn more about the city with a tour of three centuries of Chicago South Side architecture from 10 am to 2:30 pm. Saturday, September 20, beginning at the Glessner House Museum, 1800 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago, and ending on IIT’s Main Campus at 33rd and State St., Chicago.
This event is aimed especially at Chicago area residents who are interested in learning about the architectural heritage of their neighborhood. The tour visits twelve historic sites, including the Prairie Avenue Historical District and IIT’s Main Campus, which were both designated among the 150 Great Places in Illinois by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Illinois, as well as the following locations:
Glessner House / Clarke House - 1800 S. Prairie Ave
2nd Presbyterian Church - 1936 S Michigan Ave
Chess Records - 2120 S Michigan Ave
Quinn Chapel - 2401 S Wabash Ave
Motor Row Historic District - Michigan Ave between 19th & 24th
New Bronzeville / McCormick Portal - 23rd and King Drive
King Drive Walk of Fame - King Drive between 25th & 35th
Griffin Funeral Home - 3232 S King Dr
Roloson Houses - 3213-19 S Calumet Ave
Prairie Giles Calumet Historic District - 31st-35th of Calumet, Giles and Prairie
Pilgrim Baptist Church - 3300 S Indiana Ave
IIT Campus – MTCC - 33rd & State
Tour participants will explore IIT’s world-renowned Main Campus and help the university celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Rem Koolhaas-designed McCormick Tribune Campus Center and the Helmut Jahn-designed State Street Village. The event will conclude at IIT with a hot dog luncheon and family activities including a bean bag toss and a scavenger hunt, followed by a panel discussion about upcoming development of the campus and the area around it.
This is a free event and families are welcome. For more information, please visit mies.iit.edu. Reservations are recommended and may be made by contacting 312.567.5025 or miesmembership[.]iit.edu.
Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting university with more than 7,300 students in engineering, sciences, architecture, psychology, design, humanities, business and law. IIT’s interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum is designed to advance knowledge through research and scholarship, to cultivate invention improving the human condition, and to prepare students from throughout the world for a life of professional achievement, service to society, and individual fulfillment.
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