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Modernizing Modernism: . Challenges with Preserving Post-War Buildings Carol J. Dyson, AIA National Historic Tax Credit Conference 2008 September 24-26, 2008, Chicago. Modernizing Modernism: . Carol J. Dyson, AIA Senior Preservation Architect Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
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Modernizing Modernism: Challenges with Preserving Post-War Buildings Carol J. Dyson, AIA National Historic Tax Credit Conference 2008September 24-26, 2008, Chicago
Modernizing Modernism: Carol J. Dyson, AIA Senior Preservation Architect Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Springfield, IL 62712 carol.dyson@illinois.gov
New Materialsand Systems • Glass • Curtain Walls • Concrete • Metals
New Building Typologies – Lincoln Square, Urbana, Victor Gruen 1964 North Eighth Street Plaza, Pekin, 1951-1959
New Interiors – Open Plans – Office Partitions Inland Steel, Chicago
or Floors “ We had an expert restore all the original shag carpeting. New Yorker cartoon July 21, 2008”
Illinois Case Studies • Raymond Hilliard Housing, Chicago 1963 • Promontory Apartments • 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 1951 • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 1948- • Pacesetter Gardens, Riverdale, 1960 • Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 Pacesetter Housing, Riverdale • Block and Kuhl storefront, Danville, 1948
Hilliard Housing, Chicago • Raymond M. Hilliard Center, Chicago, 1966 (by Bertrand Goldberg)
Hilliard Housing Grand Opening, Holstein, HUD, CHA, IDA, IHPA, Tenants, Press
Promontory Apartments Promontory Apartments, Chicago, 1949 (Mies van der Rohe)
860-880 North Lake Shore Drive - Condos 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (by Mies van der Rohe), completed 1951
Plans 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago
Illinois Institute of Technology: Mies van der Rohe Crown Hall, 1950-1956
IIT CRB Chemistry Research Building at IIT, 1959-60 (by Schmidt, Garden and Erikson)
Pacesetter, Riverdale • Pacesetter Gardens Housing Complex, Riverdale, 1960 (by Harry J. Quinn) • Part of the Illinois Campaign for Affordable Housing
Pacesetter Housing, Riverdale Pacesetter Housing, Riverdale, 1960
Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 (by Victor Gruen) Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 (by Victor Gruen)
Lincoln Square Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 (by Victor Gruen)
Lincoln Square, an urban village • Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, 1964, Urbana,
Modernized Main Street (by Raymond Loewy) • Block and Kuhl storefront renovation, Danville, 1948 (by Raymond Loewy)
Block and Kuhl storefront, Danville, 1948 (by Raymond Loewy)
Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 (by Victor Gruen)
Mid-Century Resources • Illinois-history.gov/ps/midcentury.htm
Mid-Century Storefronts Components Guide • Illinois-history.gov/ps/midcentury.htm
Thank You ! and now on to Allen and Inland Steel… Carol J. Dyson, AIA Senior Preservation Architect Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Springfield, IL 62712 carol.dyson@illinois.gov