http://www.architecture.org en-us no ℗ & © 2010 Chicago Architecture Foundation Enhance your experience of Chicago Model City Chicago Architecture Foundation This audio tour explores the stories behind the planning of Chicago. It corresponds with Chicago Model City, an exhibition on display through November 2010 at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Urban planners and architects, historians, the designers of the Chicago model, and Chicago Architecture Foundation docents and staff are among the expert voices you will hear. The Chicago Architecture Foundation is located at 224 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. This audio tour explores the stories behind the planning of Chicago. It corresponds with Chicago Model City, an exhibition on display through November 2010 at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Urban planners and architects, historians, the designers of the Chicago model, and Chicago Architecture Foundation docents and staff are among the expert voices you will hear. The Chicago Architecture Foundation is located at 224 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Jill Farley jfarley@architecture.org Gregory Dreicer and Kate Keleman, Chicago Architecture Foundation Introduction Dreicer and Keleman on the big ideas explored in Chicago Model City. CMC100 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:42 Chicago architecture, city model, audio tour, Greg Dreicer, Chicago public housing Lynn Osmond, Chicago Architecture Foundation Stop 1 Osmond on the Chicago model and its future. CMC101 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:00:00 CST 0:53 Chicago architecture, city model, audio tour, Lynn Osmond, model scale Catherine Tinker and John Welin, Columbian Model and Exhibit Works Stop 2 Tinker and Welin on the making of the Chicago Model. CMC102 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:59 stereolithography, city model, audio tour, 3D model, Wrigley building, CNA building Michael Weiland, Chicago Architecture Foundation docent Stop 3 Weiland on the Rock Island railroad tracks. CMC103 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:10 Metra, LaSalle street station, Chicago railroad land, Dearborn Park, One Financial Place Avraham Mor, Lightswitch Architectural Stop 4 Mor on the lighting design of Chicago Model City CMC104 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:34 Chicago sunset, model lighting, LED Linda Marcus, Chicago Architecture Foundation docent Stop 5 Marcus on the unexpected success of Millennium Park. CMC105 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:32 landscape design, Cloudgate, The Bean, Millenium Park Tom Drebenstedt, Chicago Architecture Foundation docent Stop 6 Drebenstedt on the development of the neighborhood of Streeterville. CMC106 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:29 Chicago medical campus, Captain George Streeter Jennifer Masengarb, Chicago Architecture Foundation Stop 7 Masengarb on Chicago’s address renumbering and street renaming in the early 20th century. CMC107 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:48 Chicago street addresses Michael Weiland, Chicago Architecture Foundation docent Stop 8 Weiland on the Union Pacific railroad tracks. CMC108 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:04 Metra, CitiCorp center Tom Carmichael, Chicago Architecture Foundation docent Stop 9 Carmichael on city growth along the Chicago River. CMC109 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:48 Chicago River, Willis Tower, Sears Tower, south branch Jean Linsner, Chicago Architecture Foundation Stop 10 Linsner on the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. CMC110 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:43 Chicago Fire, Patrick O'Leary, fire codes Jennifer Masengarb, Chicago Architecture Foundation Stop 11 Jennifer Masengarb on Chicago’s street grid. CMC111 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:34 numbered grid system, streetplan Jean Linsner, Chicago Architecture Foundation Stop 12 Jean Linsner on teaching children about urban planning, a century ago and today. CMC112 Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:01 Wacker Plan, architecture education Bill Savage, Northwestern University Stop 13 Savage on the goals and outcomes of the Plan of Chicago. CMC113 Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:20 Daniel Burnham, Chicago civic center, Chicago Plan centennial Graham Garfield, Chicago Transit Authority Stop 14 Garfield on the ‘L’ CMC114 Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:55 Chicago transit, elevated railway Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois-Chicago Stop 15 Historian Robert Bruegmann on the unexpected consequences of expressway-building. CMC115 Sun, 6 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:06 expressway system, suburban migration Kate Keleman, Chicago Architecture Foundation Stop 16 Keleman on an influential 1925 diagram of urban development. CMC116 Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:36 urban sociology, city zoning Raymond Gunn, former resident of the Cabrini-Green public housing complex Stop 17 A former Cabrini-Green resident on life in the public housing development. CMC117 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:48 Chicago public housing Kevin Harrington, Illinois Institute of Technology Stop 18 Historian Kevin Harrington on modernist planning ideas. CMC118 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 1:43 Chicago landscape, Prairie Shore Michael Carriere, Milwaukee School of Engineering Stop 19 Historian Michael Carriere on urban renewal on Chicago’s Near South Side. CMC119 Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:59 Chicago South Side Planning Board, near south side, Illinois Institute of Technology, blight, urban renewal Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois-Chicago Stop 20 Historian Robert Bruegmann on the rise of the northwest suburbs. CMC120 Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:28 Rosemont, transportation infrastructure, O'Hare Airport Henry Binford, Northwestern University Stop 21 Historian Henry Binford on Chicago’s global connections. CMC121 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:26 Great lakes, Chicago transportation system Jesse Elam, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Stop 22 Urban planner Jesse Elam on climate change as a regional challenge. CMC122 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT 2:36 megaregion, climate action plan, Go to 2040 Sara Beardsley, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Stop 23 Architect Sara Beardsley on the green retrofit of the Willis Tower. CMC123 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT 3:13 green retro-fitting, wind turbines