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P.02
JAN-20-98 TUE 12:33
1
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WOMEN'S PARK OF CHICAGO
(Confirmations as of 1-20-98)
Nadine Arroyo
5626 S. Green
Chicago, II 60621
Nofa Haleem Atawneh
9033 S. Parkside
Oaklawn, II 60453
Marcy Baim
312/326-2923
1900 S. Prairie Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Tracy Baim
773/871-7610
Publisher and Managing Editor
773/871-7609 (fax)
Lambda Publications, inc.
1115 West Belmont, Suite 2-D
Chicago, II 60657
Melissa Barber
Chicago Women in Trades
220 S. Ashland #101
Chicago, II 60607
Ida Bialik
Women in Business Yellow Pages
819 S. Wabash #606
Chicago, II 60605
Janet Bloch
312/328-0038
Co-Director
312/328-1108 (fax)
WomenMade Gallery
1900 South Prairie Ave.
Chicago, = 60616
Sarah Bogan
773/327-0684
President
773/327-0723 (fax)
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in The State of Illinois
2500 North Lakeview #3103
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Nancy Chen
USDOR Women's Bureau
230 S. Dearborn, #1022
Chicago, II. 60604
P.03
JAN-20-98 TUE 12:33
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Ann Christophersen, Co -owner
773/769-9299
Women and Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark
Chicago, II 60640
Betsy Ebeling
Chicago Office of Tourism
Department of Cultural Affairs
78 East Washington
Chicago, Illinois 60602
312/744-9350
Joan Hill
1081 W. 108th St.
Chicago, II 60643
(African Council)
Jean Hunt
312/938-0990
Womens History Project
400 East Randolph, suite 3910
Chicago, II 60601
Njoki Kamu
2142 Maple
Evanston, II. 60201
(African Council)
CC Krohne
847/952-0950
Chicago Womens Labor History Project
310 S. Beau Drive #7
Des Plaines, II 60016
Micki Leventhal
312/326-1480
Program Director
312/326-1397 (fax)
Prairie House Museums
1800 South Prairle Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Cece Lobin, Director
312/744-4113
Women's Council
Human Relations Commission
City of Chicago
510 N. Peshtigo Court
Chicago, II. 60611
Barbara Lynne, Executive Director
Near South Planning Board
1727 South Indiana Avenue, #104
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Harriet Marty co-director
708/442-9453
Musicians Club of Women
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239 Scottswood Road
Riverside, Illinois 60546
Marcia Medema, Executive Director
Midwest Womens Center
312/922-8530
202 S. State, Suite 900
Chicago, II 60605
Nour Michael
3940 W. 82nd Place
Chicago, II 60652
Beate Minkovski
Co-Director
WomenMade Gallery
1900 South Prairie Ave.
Chicago, II 60616
Cynthia Mitchell
312/944-4331
121 West Delaware Place
Chicago, Illinois 60610 (?)
Mary Morten
Advisory Council on Gay & Lesbian Issues
510 N. Peshtigo Court, 6A
Chicago, = 60611
Sally L. Park, President
312/263-1421
The International Women Associates, Inc.
312/263/1461 (fax)
230 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2110
Chicago, II 60601
Diana Palomar
2241 W. Irving Park
Chicago, II 60618
Laura Raimondi, Architect
53 W. Jackson
Chicago, II.
Hedy Ratner
Co-Director
Women's Business Development Center
8 S. Michigan
Suite 400
Chicago, II 60603
Walidah Sherman
Women's Resource Center
401 E. 32nd #814
Chicago, II 60616
Ellie Thompson
312/951-5190
co-director
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Musicians Club of Women
1440 N. State Parkway, #14C
Chicago, Illinois 60610
Manny Tuteur
UNITE
333 S. Ashland
Chicago, II 60607
Sondra Varco
312/326-0270
Executive Director
312/326-9767 (fax)
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
1801 South Indiana
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Jennifer Vidis
Cook County Womens Commission
69 W. Washington, #2900
Chicago, II. 60602
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 30, 1998
Ms. Lois Weisberg
Commissioner
Department of Cultural Affairs
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Dear Lois:
The Chicago events were a highlight of my birthday
festivities and no part of that celebration touched me more
than the dedication of the Women's Park. I share the
excitement that you and Sue and the advisory committee members
enjoy as you begin this creative process. With your spirit
and enthusiasm, you will shape a welcoming space where women
of different backgrounds, interests, religions and cultures
can come together on the common ground of shared interests.
In this park, women will speak the same mother tongue -- the
language of hope.
It is so fitting that this park which will honor women
will be in Chicago, the city of my heart, and the city with a
huge heart. Thank you for so generously sharing your time to
make this project a reality. Please know that I will be with
you in my thoughts and that I look forward to hearing about
the progress that you are making.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Rodham Clinton Clinton
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 30, 1998
Ms. Lois Weisberg
Commissioner
Department of Cultural Affairs
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Dear Lois:
The Chicago events were a highlight of my birthday
festivities and no part of that celebration touched me more
than the dedication of the Women's Park. I share the
excitement that you and Sue and the advisory committee members
enjoy as you begin this creative process. With your spirit
and enthusiasm, you will shape a welcoming space where women
of different backgrounds, interests, religions and cultures
can come together on the common ground of shared interests.
In this park, women will speak the same mother tongue -- the
language of hope.
It is so fitting that this park which will honor women
will be in Chicago, the city of my heart, and the city with a
huge heart. Thank you for so generously sharing your time to
make this project a reality. Please know that I will be with
you in my thoughts and that I look forward to hearing about
the progress that you are making.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton
January 17, 1998
MEMORANDUM TO THE FIRST LADY
FROM
Bobbie Greene
RE
Update
Before our scheduling meeting, I wanted to give you an update on some of the projects I'm
juggling. There are a lot more that I'll tell you about as they evolve. I"ll be in town all
weekened and will have my beeper with me at all times, so feel free to call if you have any
questions.
Hillary Rodham Clinton Park
I called Lois Weissberg (Commissioner of Parks and Recreation) for a status report on your park.
On February 4th, she will convene the first meeting of the project's local advisory committee. It
is comprised of approximately fifty women representing a wide spectrum of organizations, from
the Colonial Dames to activist groups and includes business organizations and unions. Lois said
every single person she invited accepted with genuine enthusiasm, a first in her experience. She
is sending me a list of those who have signed on, but we can add people provided they have an
affiliation with an organization. The only specific member of the committee Lois mentioned was
Betsy Ebeling. This advisory group will consider all aspects of the site's development, including
how to acknowledge its namesake. I asked specifically about the possibility of commissioning a
sculpture and she said that would be one item on the agenda. In any case, Lois does not think
your late April trip would be an appropriate time for the official opening of the park -- the
weather is still too unreliable and very little, if anything, will be in bloom. She thinks sometime
in June when the weather is at its best and the program is underway would be perfect. However,
if you would like to meet with the advisory committee while you are in Chicago in April, Lois
said she would organize a luncheon or meeting with the group.
Lois has asked the deputy commissioner, Joyce Bolinger, to direct the project on a full-time
basis. She spoke highly of her as a creative, non-bureaucratic person, with the skills to shepard
the project through to completion. From her description, the park ultimately will be a very
substantial facility. Among other things, they are planning to purchase or lease with the option to
buy, a beautiful coach house on the adjacent property, and they envision developing it into a
museum for women in the arts, modeled after the one in Washington. I asked Lois to keep me
informed of their progress and call on me as needed.
The two things I would suggest we do right now are:
Consider who you might want to add to the planning group.
Send a letter to Lois to be read at the February 4th planning committee meeting that
simply expresses your enthusiasm for the project and your appreciation of their
commitment to making it a reality.
Media and Publishing Project
As you know, Kaki will be here next week and I am trying to schedule meetings with all the
relevant parties while ensuring that everybody is completing their assigned tasks. I think we
should be able to accomplish most of what we outlined within the agreed-upon time frame. By
the way, in my conversation with Bob Barnett, he said the only thing we need to move forward
on McCall's is a starting date from you. Please let me know once you make that decision.
The Proposed Gilman Museum of Photography
I asked Bob Burkett earlier this week what we could do to advance the project, and he suggested
you drop by the Gilman Company when you are in New York on January 27th. Their offices are
in the Time-Life building, right across the street from NBC where you're doing the Today Show.
You would meet with the two principle trustees who have control over the Gilman estate. They
are the closest thing to family and heirs that Mr. Gilman had, and a condolence call would be
highly appropriate and appreciated. Of course, you also would express your personal interest in
and support for the proposed museum. You could explain that a national museum of
photography bearing Mr. Gilman's name and housing his renowned photography collection
would both honor his memory and become a significant part of our Millennium Celebration. I
know that will be a busy day and you'll have a lot on your mind with the State of the Union that
evening, but Bob told me again yesterday that he thinks that it would be very helpful to express
your personal interest and commitment to this project and it might help ensure their financial
commitment.
Team Harmony and AT&T
You asked me about the reference in the attached note mentioning support for the Washington-
based Team Harmony event. Jon Jennings was copied on this letter and called Mr. Quenzel with
the same question. Quenzel said he was so impressed by the Boston event that AT&T is
committing $300,000 to the Team Harmony program being developed in the Washington area.
He also offered "a couple million dollars" to launch the program in ten other cities. According to
Jon, who is working with Team Harmony on the expansion, Washington is already well
underway, and New York and Chicago are in the nascent planning stage. Jon said they are very
open to any suggestions we may have of a role for you.
Super Bowl Race Relations PSA
After considerable negotiations, the NFL agreed on Tuesday evening to air a 30-second PSA
during the Super Bowl in support of the Race Initiative. See attached draft script.
-
@
CITY OF'CHICAGO
1837 MARCH 1837.00
Chicago Office of Tourism
City of Chicago
Richard M. Daley, Mayor
Dear MS. Greene,
It was a pleasure meeting 400
last Week. Thank you for taking
time to meet with Betsy + I
regarding the park. we are wry
excited to be working wire 400
on this most important project.
Please let OS know if you have
any NW ideas. I look forward to
meeting with you again. Best wishos,
Sina girl
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Women's Park of Chicago
April 1998
Hillary Rodham Clinton
The theme of basic dialogue today is:
Say Nothing and say Nothings very fast
But that's no theme for Hillary Rodham Clinton
She balances
good victuals and good seasonings
in right coordination
She
Is decently complex but is not obscure.
She is Event.
Adroit and intricate Event, endure!
Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks
for Hillary Rodham Clinton's
birthday, October 26, 1996
Vision for the Hillary Rodham Clinton
Women's Park of Chicago
Let us create a new park in honor of Hillary Rodham Clinton for all
the people of Chicago. The Women's Park, a four-acre green oasis,
will be located in one of Chicago's most prominent historic
communities - the Prairie Avenue District. The park will be
designed to:
honor the American woman who for centuries has nurtured
the family, given endless hours to the community and served
society tirelessly with creativity and joy
celebrate women's sustained contributions to American life
in a place where one may contemplate and observe the
achievements of women past and present and imagine the
aspirations of women in the future
connect us with nature and instill a greater appreciation and
understanding for our natural world
involve Chicago's cultural community in presenting a diverse
array of dynamic arts and humanities programs
Guiding Tenets
Respect the timeframe and historic significance of the site as
expressed in the Clarke House and Glessner House (1836 - 1860)
Serve broadly:
- the community
- the adult learner
- school children and their teachers
- group visitors and tourists
Integrate principles of universal design so the park will be
accessible for all
Utilize plants, both native and exotic, appropriate to time period;
could include herbs, heirloom vegetables and fruits as well as
plants from prairie and savanna, and the "new" American Garden
Involve partners in the design-creation process
Create visual and performing arts spaces in the park
The Visitor Experience
The unifying element of the park will be a path which represents a
timeline of events in notable women's lives. The path will wind its
way through gardens reflective of the changing character of the
landscape from its native stands of oak and prairie to contemporary
ornamental and contemplative gardens. Site amenities, including
benches, water fountains, lighting and sculpture, will enhance the
visitor's experience. Quotations or ideas relevant to the women
being honored will appear in the walk and relate to the adjacent
gardens.
The visitor experience might be organized into three discrete themes
and start at the Clarke House, the oldest home in the City of Chicago.
"Cultivating Necessities"
"Alexandra often said that if her mother were cast upon a desert island, she
would thank God for her deliverance, make a garden, and find something to
preserve. Preserving was almost a mania with Mrs. Bergson. She made a
yellow jam of the insipid ground-cherries that grew on the prairie, flavoring it with
lemon peel, and she made a sticky dark conserve of garden tomatoes
When
there was nothing more to preserve, she began to pickle."
-- Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
A visitor leaving the Clarke House might encounter:
an herb garden used for culinary and medicinal purposes
a working vegetable garden or fruit orchard
flower beds or cutting gardens used for home decoration
a collection of plants brought by the Clarke family to Chicago
from Utica, New York.
The key interpretative message in the area surrounding the Clarke
House would be how women used plants to sustain everyday life.
"Exploring Nature"
"She had never known before howmuch the country meant to her. The chirping
of the insects down in the long grass had been like the sweetest music. She had felt
as if her heart were biding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover
and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun. Under the long
shaggy ridges, she felt the future stirring."
-- Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
Moving away from the Clarke home, the next experience might be
the "wilds" of our region. In 1836 the area surrounding the Clarke
House included:
the prairie punctuated with bold native flowers and majestic six
foot grasses, a landscape frequented by butterflies and birds
the savanna, a plant community dotted with stately black oaks and
under-planted with native wildflowers.
The messages to be communicated during this segment of the
experience might include:
the grandeur of nature
an awe and inspiration for its beauty
the joy, solace and inspiration experienced when one is unified
with nature
how the landscape shapes our lives; how we shape the land for our
needs
"Inventing Our Future"
"Even more important then the discovery of Columbus, which we are gathered
together to celebrate, is the fact that the General Government has just discovered
women
freedom and justice for all are infinitely more to be desired than
pedestals for a few."
--Bertha Honore Palmer
at the dedication of the Woman's Building of the
World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893
The third and final experience brings us into the 20th century -
women as creators, producers, innovators, supporters and catalysts
for change. Here one might:
enter a contemplative garden which showcases a changing exhibit
of sculpture by contemporary women artists
listen to a concert, hear a poetry reading or become immersed in a
theatrical production
experience a temporary exhibit created by a local arts-based
organization
Programs
For Our Children and Their Families
school field trips
day camp, after school and Saturday programs
teacher workshops and institutes
summer concerts presented by area youth groups
For the Adult Learner
gardening courses and workshops
day long conferences and symposia
For the Casual Visitor
interpretative signage and exhibits
quotes from famous Chicago women laced throughout the garden
self-guided brochures
festivals and celebrations
concerts, theater, poetry, film
changing sculpture exhibit
For Group Visitors and Tourists
docent guided tours
Advisory Committee
Duffie A. Adelson, Executive Director
Barbara Whitney Carr
Merit Music Program
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Botanic Garden
Nadine Arroyo
Mayor's Advisory Council on Latino
Nancy Chen, Director
Affairs
Women's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Nofa Haleem Atawneh
Ann Christophersen, Co-Owner
Mayor's Advisory Council on Arab Affairs
Women and Children First Bookstore
Marcy Baim
Betsy Ebeling
Co-owner, Keith House
Chicago Office of Tourism
Department of Cultural Affairs
Tracy Baim
Publisher and Managing Editor
Judi Fishman
Lambda Publications, Inc.
Vice President and Regional Director
Landmark America L.L.C.
Melissa Barbier
Chicago Women in Trades
Liz Goldsmith
Archaeological Research, Inc.
Ida Bialik, President
Women in Business Yellow Pages
Christine Grumm, Executive Director
Chicago Foundation for Women
Janet Bloch, Co-Director
WomenMade Gallery
Mary Beth Herr
Architect
Sarah Bogan, Board of Directors
The National Society of Colonial Dames
Sherri Hicks
of America in The State of Illinois
Chicago Commission on Human
Relations
Joyce Bolinger, Deputy Commissioner
Department of Cultural Affairs
Joan Hill
Clarke House Museum
Mayor's Advisory Council on African
Affairs
Susan Burd Brogdon
Vice President, Programs
Jean Hunt
Chicago Botanic Garden
Womens History Project
Njoki Kamu
Cynthia Mitchell, President Emeritus
Northwestern University Womens Center
Friends of the Parks
and Mayor's Advisory Council on African
Affairs
Betsy Norton, President
The National Society of Colonial Dames
Hazel King
of America in The State of Illinois
H.A. King and Associates
Diana Palomar
C.C. Krohne
Mayor's Advisory Council on Latino
Chicago Womens Labor History Project
Affairs
Micki Leventhal, Program Director
Sally L. Park, President
Glessner House Museum
The International Women Associates, Inc.
Cece Lobin, Director
Laura Raimondi
Women's Council
Architect
Human Relations Commission
Anne Roosevelt, Director
Rommy Lopat, Publisher and Editor
Mayor's Office of Donor Relations
The Weedpatch Gazette
Walidah Sherman, Director
Barbara Lynne, Executive Director
Women's Resource Center
Near South Planning Board
Ellie Thompson, Co-Director
Donna Magnani, Executive Director
Musicians Club of Women
Glessner House Museum
Manny Tuteur
Harriet Marty, Co-Director
Coalition for Labor Union Women
Musicians Club of Women
Sondra Varco, Executive Director
Mimi McKay
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
McKay Landscape Architects
Jennifer Vidis, Director
Marcia Medema, Executive Director
Cook County Womens Commission
Midwest Womens Center
Lois Weisberg
Nour Michael
Commissioner
Mayor's Advisory Council on Arab Affairs
Department of Cultural Affairs
Beate Minkovski, Co-Director
Clarence Wood, Chairman
WomenMade Gallery
Chicago Commission on Human
Relations
5-07-1998 12:52PM
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Hillary Rodham Clinton Women's Park of Chicago
Proposed Program Functions and Design Elements
May 7, 1998
The Hillary Rodham Clinton Women's Park of Chicago, a four-acre park in Chicago's
historic Prairie Avenue District, will provide a place for both visitors to Chicago and
Chicagoans to celebrate women's sustained contributions to American life. This Park,
primarily passive in use, will provide a connection to nature and instill a greater
appreciation and understanding of our natural world. The Chicago Botanic Garden will
be a valued partner in the planning and implementation of the Park as well as ongoing
educational programming.
Listed below are a few of the suggested uses envisioned by the Park Advisory
Committee followed by design elements that seem complementary to these uses.
These functions will be taken into account as the schematic designs for the Park
develop. Obviously, more functions and desired programming will result as the planning
process continues.
Park functions:
Public events such as outdoor concerts, films, and lectures hosted by community
groups
Programs hosted by the Chicago Botanic Garden featuring gardening workshops, plant
demonstrations, heirloom plant sales, docent guided tours, etc.
Provide a contemplative place for neighborhood residents and visitors
Host groups of schoolchildren for the purposes of learning about the historic nature of
the Park and district as well as educational programming about the Park's
natural setting
Design elements:
Performance shell for outdoor concerts and performances
Creation of a visual arts space to feature designated artwork either on permanent or
revolving basis
Integrated water element to enhance the contemplative nature of the park
Incorporate the use of heirloom plants and herbs to promote the growing interest in the
these types of plants
Maintain accessibility for all park users
Artist designed benches
Many design features may be "phased in" as budget and time constraints will reveal.
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SUGGESTED ADDITIONS TO
THE HRC WOMEN'S PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Commissioner Clarence Mooxx Woods
Chicago Commission on Human Relations
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Alderman Billy Deasio Ocasio
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Human Relations Committee
Chicago City Council
people Betsy Ebeling
Bobbie-Hartfield Ronne
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Head of Education Division
Art Insititute of Chicago
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Anne Roosevelt
Office of Budget Management
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City Hall
MINUTES
February 6, 1998
Members Present: Marcy Baim, Tracy Baim, Janet Bloch, Sarah
E. Bogan, Nancy Chen, Ann Christophersen, Betsy Ebeling,
Mary Beth Herr, Jean Hunt, CC Krohne, Micki Leventhal, Cece
Lobin, Barbara Lynne, Nour Michael, Beate Minkovski, Cindy
Mitchell, Betsy Norton, Diana Palomar, Sally L. Park, Laura
Raimondi, Walidah Sherman, Virginia Stewart, Manny Tuteur,
Sondra Varco, Jennifer Vidis, Lois Weisberg
Staff: Joyce Bolinger
Guests: Cali Berghold, Ned Broderick, Joseph Fornelli, Jerry
Kykisz, Sarina Renaldi, Kimo Williams - National Vietnam
Veterans Art Museum
Susan Dann- National Soccer Federation
The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Lois
Weisberg who identified two goals for plans for the park - the
first is to serve the needs of the neighborhood, but, the second
is to look beyond geographical borders and to claim a space to
honor women.
She talked about Alderman Mary Ann Smith's dream of having
a women's museum in Chicago and encouraged the group to
think in ambitious, visionary terms. Each member of the
committee was asked to think of ways to make the park used
by the group that members represents.
Commissioner Weisberg then read a letter to the group from
Hillary Rodham Clinton (see enclosed).
A drawing of the park made ten years ago by architect Michelle
McKay under the auspices of the Chicago Architecture
Foundation was distributed to illustrate boundaries and park
landmarks.
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CURRENT USES OF THE PARK
The first question posed to the group by Commissioner
Weisberg was "how is the park currently used?"
Some of the responses were as follows:
Soccer games, strolling, dogwalking, picnics, day care for
Printers' Row Book Fair, enjoyment of the garden/ orchard.
The group then turned to a discussion of the overall goals of the
park and what specific ideas should be incorporated into the
planning.
FUTURE
The major work of this committee is to advise the City of
Chicago about general goals and specific landscape design and
programs that should be incorporated into planning for the park.
In the discussion facilitated by Commissioner Weisberg, the
following general goals were discussed:
General Goals
Bridge between new residents and long term residents
Sharing cultural traditions
Highlight women in Chicago
Make women the center of all programming, though not
necessarily exclusively for women
Spotlight achievements of women
Women should be context for performances, artworks, mural,
services
Speak to women and girls in need
Give girls a chance to be integral in planning
Use women to provide art, design, services
Park furniture (e.g., benches) could be named for womens
organizations
Make park physically a womens space
Tie landscaping into history of Clarke House (for example,
identify plants and give historical context)
Familiarize broad audiences with the accomplishments of
women
Serve people of all ages-children, garden, track, older people
Critical mission of this park should be to pay tribute to women
Honoring women on on-going basis
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Provide venue for womens activities
Educational programs
Assure range of ethnicity, race, sexual orientation
Citywide audience
Show girls all possibilities
Turning to specific program ideas, a variety of suggestions were
made:
Specific Programs
Outdoor movies
Concerts
Sculpture
Barbecue
Herbs for Sale/ Herb Garden
Recreational programming for children
Womens Walk Honoring Women in History
Kite flying contest
Theatrical, poetry performances
Ice rink
Summer series of new music by women composers
WHAT WOULD DRAW YOU TO THE PARK?
Next, Commissioner Weisberg asked people to identify
attractions that would motivate them to visit the park.
Some responses:
Walk honoring women (especially with handouts, plaques)
Unique programs celebrating women
Unique place - Center of the history of where Chicago started
Parking
Daycare for boys and girls
Nature - encourage girls to be interested in science
Summer camps for girls
Summer camps for women!
Benches by women artists
Several sub-committees were formed to refine ideas in the most
important categories and to report back to the next general
session.
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SUB-COMMITTEES
It was decided to re-convene the entire group in about six
weeks after sub-committees meet to discuss categories.
Volunteers for committees were as follows:
Programming #
Laura Raimondi, Jennifer Vidis, Nancy Chen, CCKrohne, Jean
Hunt, Cali Bergold, Sondra Varco, Manny Tuteur, WaLidah
Sherman, Ann Christophersen, Cece Lobin, Diana Palomar, Nour
Sweiss Michael
Public Art
Janet Bloch, Beate Minkovski, Joseph Fornelli, Tracy Baim,
Marcy Baim, Ann Christophersen, Cece Lobin
Dedication
Jennifer Vidis, Nancy Chen, Calid Bergold, Walidah Sherman,
Cece Lobin, Diana Palomar, Betsy Ebeling
Landscape Design
Laura Raimondi, Micki Leventhal, Barbara Lynne, Cali Bergold,
Sondra Varco, Sarah E. Bogan, Betsy Norton, Mary Beth Herr
It was recommended that the programming sub-
committee might decide to break into smaller groups to focus
on topics such as educational programs or programs for girls
Individuals not listed who wish to volunteer for sub-committees
should call Joyce Bolinger at 312/745-0040 at the Department
of Cultural Affairs at the Clarke House Museum.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 29, 1998
MEMORANDUM TO THE FIRST LADY
FROM:
BOBBIE GREENE
This is the list of advisory committee members for the HRC Park in Chicago. Is there
anyone you would like to add, they simply need to represent an organization. I also am drafting
a short note to Lois Weissberg to thank her and the committee for assuming responsibility for the
project. It will be read aloud at their first convening on February 4.
P. 01
JAN-20-98 TUE 12:33
CITY OF CHICAGO
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Department of Cultural Affairs
City of Chicago
Richard M. Daley, Mayor
fax
Department of Cultural Affairs
Lois Weisberg
Bobbie Greene
Commissioner
To:
Bonnie Green
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street
From:
Joyce Bolinger
Chicago. Illinois 60602
(312) 744-6630 (Voice)
(312) 744-2089 (FAX)
Re:
Hillary Rodham Clinton Womens Park
(312) 744-2947 (ITY)
of Chicago
Denise
Date:
January 20, 1998
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Commissioner Lois Weisberg has asked that I fax you a
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copy of the letter of invitation to the Advisory Committee
and a list of the current membership.
As you know, the Advisory Committee will meet Febuary
4 to begin its work on setting policies and directions for
the Hillary Rodham Clinton Womens Park of Chicago.
Please call me at 312/744-6165 for any additional
information.
CHICAGO
JAN-21-98 WED 10:58
DCA Commissioner' Ofc.
FAX NO. 312 744 1616
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January 8, 1998
FIELD(1)
FIELD(2)
Dear FIELD(3):
As we enter a new year, we are privileged to confront a unique challenge and
opportunity. As members of the Advisory Committee for the Hillary Rodham
Clinton Women's Park, we will have the chance to incorporate our ideas into
the newest park in Chicago - one that will honor women.
This broad mandate charges us to be visionaries, dreamers and historians. It
is a chance to paint with broad strokes on a canvas that will inspire a sense of
community and social activism. The park will be a place where people can
gather to discuss issues and to design solutions to problems as well as a space
to celebrate art and nature - for no park dedicated to women could settle for
mere sculptures of generals on horses or goals that do not reflect the important
concerns of women today.
As Bertha Honore Palmer observed, "Freedom and justice for all are infinitely
more important than pedestals for a few." The committee which she chaired
resulted in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition over
a hundred years ago, The work of our committee follows in that legacy.
I would like to invite you to the first meeting of the committee on Wednesday,
February 4, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the National Vietnam Veterans Art
Museum located at 1801 South Indiana Avenue.
I have enclosed a tentative agenda as a starting point for our discussion. If you
wish to recommend additional items, please let me know. Also, please call my
secretary, Sue Vopicka, at (312) 744-0481 to let her know if you will be able
to attend the meeting.
I look forward to seeing you on February 4 and to working with you on this
exciting task.
Sincerely,
Lois Weisberg
Commissioner
LW:slv
Enclosure
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WOMEN'S PARK OF CHICAGO
(Confirmations as of 1-20-98)
Nadine Arroyo
5626 S. Green
Chicago, II 60621
Nofa Haleem Atawneh
9033 S. Parkside
Oaklawn, II 60453
Marcy Baim
312/326-2923
1900 S. Prairie Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Tracy Baim
773/871-7610
Publisher and Managing Editor
773/871-7609 (fax)
Lambda Publications, inc.
1115 West Belmont, Suite 2-D
Chicago, II 60657
Melissa Barber
Chicago Women in Trades
220 S. Ashland #101
Chicago, II 60607
Ida Bialik
Women in Business Yellow Pages
819 S. Wabash #606
Chicago, II 60605
Janet Bloch
312/328-0038
Co-Director
312/328-1108 (fax)
WomenMade Gallery
1900 South Prairie Ave.
Chicago, II 60616
Sarah Bogan
773/327-0684
President
773/327-0723 (fax)
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in The State of Illinois
2500 North Lakeview #3103
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Nancy Chen
USDOR Women's Bureau
230 S. Dearborn, #1022
Chicago, II. 60604
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Ann Christophersen, Co -owner
773/769-9299
Women and Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark
Chicago, II 60640
Betsy Ebeling
Chicago Office of Tourism
Department of Cultural Affairs
78 East Washington
Chicago, Illinois 60602
312/744-9350
Joan Hill
1081 W. 108th St.
Chicago, II 60643
(African Council)
Jean Hunt
312/938-0990
Womens History Project
400 East Randolph, suite 3910
Chicago, II 60601
Njoki Kamu
2142 Maple
Evanston, II. 60201
(African Council)
CC Krohne
847/952-0950
Chicago Womens Labor History Project
310 S. Beau Drive #7
Des Plaines, II 60016
Micki Leventhal
312/326-1480
Program Director
312/326-1397 (fax)
Prairie House Museums
1800 South Prairie Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Cece Lobin, Director
312/744-4113
Women's Council
Human Relations Commission
City of Chicago
510 N. Peshtigo Court
Chicago, II. 60611
Barbara Lynne, Executive Director
Near South Planning Board
1727 South Indiana Avenue, #104
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Harriet Marty co-director
708/442-9453
Musicians Club of Women
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239 Scottswood Road
Riverside, Illinois 60546
Marcia Medema, Executive Director
Midwest Womens Center
312/922-8530
202 S. State, Suite 900
Chicago, II 60605
Nour Michael
3940 W. 82nd Place
Chicago, II 60652
Beate Minkovski
Co-Director
WomenMade Gallery
1900 South Prairie Ave.
Chicago, II 60616
Cynthia Mitchell
312/944-4331
121 West Delaware Place
Chicago, Illinois 60610 (?)
Mary Morten
Advisory Council on Gay & Lesbian Issues
510 N. Peshtigo Court, 6A
Chicago, II 60611
Sally L. Park, President
312/263-1421
The International Women Associates, Inc.
312/263/1461 (fax)
230 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2110
Chicago, II 60601
Diana Palomar
2241 W. Irving Park
Chicago, II 60618
Laura Raimondi, Architect
53 W. Jackson
Chicago, II.
Hedy Ratner
Co-Director
Women's Business Development Center
8 S. Michigan
Suite 400
Chicago, II 60603
Walidah Sherman
Women's Resource Center
401 E. 32nd #814
Chicago, II 60616
Ellie Thompson
312/951-5190
co-director
JAN-20-98 TUE 12:34
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Musicians Club of Women
1440 N. State Parkway, #14C
Chicago, Illinois 60610
Manny Tuteur
UNITE
333 S. Ashland
Chicago, II 60607
Sondra Varço
312/326-0270
Executive Director
312/326-9767 (fax)
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
1801 South Indiana
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Jennifer Vidis
Cook County Womens Commission
69 W. Washington, #2900
Chicago, II. 60602
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Women's Park and Gardens
of Chicago
Preliminary Design
City of Chicago
Richard M. Daley, Mayor
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Lois Weisberg, Commissioner
Presentation
On The Plan For
The Hillary Rodham Clinton
Womens' Park and Gardens
of Chicago
July 24, 1998
Presented on behalf of:
City of Chicago
Mayor Richard M. Daley
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Lois Weisberg, Commissioner
by:
Voda "Betsy" Ebeling, Project Coordinator, City of Chicago, Office of Tourism
Mary Beth Herr, Design Consultant, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs
Drew Becher, Assistant to the Mayor, City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor
Matt Nielson, Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs
Hillary Rodham Clinton Women's Park and Gardens of Chicago
General Theme/Vision
A unique park to commemorate the achievements of women, reflect, and enjoy:
Gardens - e.g., heirloom, herb, flower, urban, shade, container, dye
Women's History - commemorated through public lectures, programs, sculptures
and markers
Rest and Relaxation - urban haven for colorful blooming setting in historic area
Entrances
Flowering vine covered iron pergola structures incorporating park name
Entrances at Prairie Avenue, 18th Street, Indiana Avenue and south boundary
Entrances for Greenhouse building and at 18th Street will be ADA accessible
Demonstration Gardens
Use for educational purposes in partnership with the Chicago Botanic Gardens
Themed plots such as heirloom vegetable garden, scented garden, heirloom herb
garden, prairie garden, dye garden, rose garden with sculptural centerpiece, etc.
Volunteers will be organized for planting, maintenance, workshops, etc.
Excellent learning opportunity for school groups through use of plant identification
signs throughout
Fountain and Sculpture Walk
Opportunity to make strong axis from Clarke House to Prairie Avenue through the
use of tree-lined walk incorporating areas for display of sculpture, as well as seating
Active water feature with possible sculptural centerpiece of "mother and child"
theme (Gary Price in Utah has been suggested as a potential sculptor)
Scale of sculpture will dictate size of fountain base design and location in
relationship to Clarke House
The asymmetrical walkways leading to fountain are intended to give "breathing
room" in front of the Clarke House for sculpture walk as well as unify the park
design from its current "dividing line" (i.e., brick alley)
Women's Memorial Path
Create through the use of unique materials an artistic representation of a woman's
journey through life; curvilinear path strays from conventional path; in and out of
traditional boundaries over a lifetime
Incorporate names of the women to be included in the Chicago Women's
Encyclopedia, approximately 400 names
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Greenhouse Education Center
The center will provide an orientation area for the Park, as well as an education
center in connection with the prográms of the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Also, ADA
accessible restrooms and small catering kitchen will be located in this building
Dedicated area for year-round conservatory, with workshops, small information
center and retail outlet for plants, harvested seeds, books, historic information, etc.
The center is to be of constructed of glass, iron, with a stone base - complementary
to the entrance pergolas and in keeping with the historic character of the Prairie
Avenue District
Open Lawn Area and Summer House
Open lawn seating for concerts and public programs
Airy gazebo structure relating to other architectural elements in the park
Possibly install lawn chairs for flexible seating
For events, lawn area could accommodate tents, stages, etc. for revenue
generation
Storytelling Garden
Dedicated area consisting of low rocks for storytelling purposes to schoolchildren
Alternate location for sculpture centerpiece with "mother and child" theme
Lighting, Sound, Seating, Street Furniture, Signage, Fencing
Select appropriate lighting per city's Master Lighting Plan, preferably low
ornamental lighting along paths to be both aesthetically pleasing and provide for
sense of security within the park during nighttime hours
Incorporate a sound system into the park for background and event purposes,
possibly playing opera music in the garden areas
Benches and trash containers in keeping with existing city programming
Incorporate park name into ornamental trellis structures at entrances
Create signage program labeling all plants, trees and other necessary signs to
complement historic character of area and with City's cultural signage, plan
Any new fencing will be in keeping with that of the wrought iron fencing already
surrounding the Park along Prairie and Indiana Avenues
Accessibility
All entrances, paths and facilities to be ADA compliant, where possible. The design
of some of the historic landmark structures, i.e., Clarke House and Prairie Avenue
Street Fence/Wall, may restrict accessibility. We will work with the Mayor's Office
of Persons with Disabilities to exceed requirements as much as possible
An enabling garden which is both ADA accessible and child-friendly
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Management/Maintenance
Programming for the Park to be a joint venture between the City of Chicago -
Department of Cultural Affairs (current manager) and the Chicago Botanic Garden
Maintenance to remain under the jurisdiction of the City of Chicago - Department
of General Services, in coordination with the Department of Cultural Affairs
Financing
The financing for this project for the infrastructure and greenhouse improvements
will be funded by the City of Chicago, in coordination with that for the gardens by
Chicago Botanic Gardens
We have received interest in contributions thus far from the Chicago Federation of
Labor, as well as informational interest from other civic/community organizations
Cost
See attached preliminary cost estimate breakdown on Page 5
Schedule
See attached tentative project implementation schedule on Page 5
Current/Future Uses
The Park is proposed as one of the sites considered for the Millennium Flower
Festival in 2001. This event is a joint venture between the City of Chicago and the
Chicago Botanic Gardens
Some of the events/organizations which utilize the Park currently are:
Open Hand Chicago Annual Croquet Tournament
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation for a Rest Area/Water Stop, also serves as
rest area for "Boulevard Lakefront Tour"
HSI Productions, Inc. for television commercial casting
Detour 2 Discovery Day School for children's picnic
Woman Made Galleries annual picnic
Poetry in the Park program as part of "Downtown Thursday Night" promotion
Coalition for Labor Union Women for annual picnic
Glessner House Docent annual picnic
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Preliminary Cost Estimates
Design (underway)
Greenhouse, Park Features, Gardens for
Preliminary Park Design For "Bid Set "Plans
=
$200,000
Greenhouse Education Center
Dimensions: 25' X 92' = 2300 s.f. @ $200/s.f.
=
$460,000
Fountain
Assuming a 10' to 20' diameter pool,
including utilities, stonework, installation
=
$350,000
Site Improvements/Construction
Utilities, site prep, landscaping, fencing, lighting, sound
system, walkways, entrances, features, etc. for Park
=
$1,000,000
Total Estimated Cost
$2,010,000
Tentative Project Implementation Timeline
Preliminary Site Design Review
July 1 - - 31 1998
Site Design
August 1 - November 1, 1998
Construction Bidding
September 1 - - November 1, 1998
Preliminary Site Preparation and Landscaping
November 1 - December 1, 1998
Site Preparation, Utility Relocation
December 1, 1998 - March 1, 1999
Greenhouse Construction
March 1 - - June 30, 1999
Final Site Preparation, Planting, Site Construction
March 1 - June 30, 1999
Opening and Dedication (tentative target date)
June 30, 1999
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The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
opened it doors on August 25, 1996 in a spirit
is dedicated to collecting, cataloging,
of healing, compassion, understanding and
preserving, and displaying works of art
national pride. Private sector support is
ZIP CODE
created by Americans who served in the
urgently needed to complete renovations on
armed forces in the Vietnam War. Located in
the building, curate the art collection and
Chicago, Illinois this national center also has
complete educational materials. This is an
a primary role in public education and
important opportunity to help preserve and
research on the war.
understand the images and emotions of a vital
STATE
time in American history.
The Museum
Your support is very much appreciated and
The art collection received a permanent
will be acknowledged in many important
home in November 1995 and semifinal
ways, from being listed as a founding
funding to begin renovations on the building
member of the Museum on the donor wall to
through the generous support and commit-
a variety of media and publications. Special
ment of Mayor Daley, the City of Chicago,
naming opportunities have been established
and the McCormick Foundation. Located at
Karl Michel Loomings
for those who wish to make a leadership
1801 South Indiana Avenue, the Museum is
committment to the Museum.
adjacent to the famous Glessner House
Naming Opportunities
located in the Historic Prairie Avenue
Museum
$5,000,000.00
District. The facility includes three floors of
Main Lobby
1,000,000.00
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library, classrooms, a multimedia theater, a
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Library
500,000.00
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350,000.00
The Collection
Art Galleries
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The art collection is the only one of its kind
Classrooms
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represent nearly every medium from
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poetry, letters, and diaries. Works of more
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than 95 artists from around the world, all of
I would like to contribute
whom served in Vietnam, will be on display
Other Items Needed
to the Vietnam Veterans Art Museum.
Enclosed please find my donation.
I understand this is a tax-exempt
organization and my contribution
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under the law.
when the Museum opens its doors in
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Art
August, 1996. A fine arts book on the
Conservation
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collection will be published by Abrams
Office/Classroom Furniture
Courtyard
Publishing, New York. A web page is also
Furniture
Printed Materials
etc.
being created for the Museum. In addition to
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the collection of artworks, the Museum will
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also feature interactive dioramas with its
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
impressive collection of artifacts which
1801 S. Indiana
include uniforms, medals, weaponry, and a
Chicago, IL 60616
Huey helicopter.
(312) 326-0270
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VETERANS
Γ MUSEUM
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
The NVVAM is located at 1801 S. Indiana, and
18th Street, one block east of Michigan Avenue,
in the heart of the Prairie Avenue Historic
District. It is easily accessible by public trans-
portation and close to I-55 and I-90.
The NVVAM is a non-profit, tax-exempt organi-
zation. The exhibits programming and opera-
tions are member supported and privately
funded through contributions from individuals,
corporations, and foundations. Additional
funding has been provided through various city,
state and federal grants.
The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
1801 S. Indiana Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Phone: 312-326-0270
Fax: 312-326-9769
Hours:
Joseph Fornelli -
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday:
Dressed to Kill
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Ned Broderick - V.C. Suspect
Wednesday:
11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Richard Yohnka -
Closed Major Holidays.
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You Died
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This collection is an account of a critically important and still
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misunderstood period in our history, a period that had an undeniable effect
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on all of us. Obviously, no group feels this effect more keenly than the men
who went, who served, and who returned.
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This collection embodies the work of some 90 of these unique men, and
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represents the spirit and perspective of SO many more. Through their art we
are treated to a rare and powerful account of that historic period. It is,
perhaps, the most accurate account of all.
Public Transportation:
From Michigan Avenue, take a #3 Bus, or a #4
Now that the national consciousness is focusing greater attention on the
Bus - South, to 18th Street. Proceed one (1)
people and events that Vietnam affected, the importance of this collection
block East to Museum.
is all too apparent.
In time
+800
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come into its own again
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GLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM
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House
Museum
A National
Glessner House National Historic Landmark stands at 18th Street
Historic Landmark
and Prairie Avenue in the heart of the Prairie Avenue Historic
District-just two miles south of Chicago's Loop. The district
today is experiencing a boom, with a new generation of residents
infusing the Near South Side with new vitality. The neighborhood
that at the end of the nineteenth century was called "the sunny
street of the sifted few" is once again home to up-and-coming
young urban families.
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welcomes inquiries regard-
B. Clarke House
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GLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM
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1800 SOUTH PRAIRIE AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60616
312-326-1480
FAX 312-326-1397
Glessner House Museum, a not-for-profit organization, welcomes contributions,
which are tax deductible as permitted by IRS regulations.
Glessner House Museum
Your forbears
have made their altar
boasts a veritable garden of
around the family hearthstone,
earthly delights for the appre-
ciation and study of decorative
and have tried to keep to its legends
arts. From the Isaac Scott
when compelled to leave it
cabinetry and the Morris &
John Jacob Glessner
Co. textiles, to the eclectic
The Story of a House. 1923
array of ceramics, the muse-
When first built,
um offers visitors a singular
the house was subject of much
experience in which nearly
Throughout their years togeth-
all of the furnishings and
emark by passers-by
er, John and Frances Glessner
appointments are original to
John Jacob Glessner
studied the principles of the
the family. Visitors to this
The Story of 3 House. 1923
Aesthetic and English Arts
historic home thrill at the hun-
and Crafts movements and
dreds of glorious art objects
put these principles into
that grace the period rooms.
1885, John and Frances
practice when making their
The stories that live within
ilessner hired Boston
decorating choices. The result
the walls of Glessner House
rchitect Henry Hobson
of their dedication is an out-
tell the tale of Chicago in an
ichardson. Over the next
standing level of sophistica-
era that, more than any other,
he adapted the couple's
furor among the denizens of
tion in the collections.
shaped urban America-
pecifications for gracious
its exclusive Prairie Avenue
family life and fashion trends,
ving into the stately home
neighborhood, causing
John, a captain of industry,
masters and servants, high
nat helped redefine American
George Pullman to proclaim,
returned each evening to a
culture and crass con-
omestic architecture. A
"I do not know what I have
domestic retreat made gra-
sumerism, intellectual
adical departure from tradi-
ever done to have that thing
cious through the efforts of
achievements and industrial
onal residential design,
staring me in the face every
There are collections of Gallé and
his wife and the staff of eight
brawn. The spirit of the Gilded
lessner House created a
time I go out of my door."
Venetian and other rare glass, of
servants she took great pains
Age lives in Glessner House
Nestled inside the fortress-
to manage. John and Frances,
and visitors not only learn its
porcelains and pottery and bronzes,
like, rusticated granite exterior
whose enduring love match
cultural history, they experi-
is an oak-paneled English Arts
of De Morgan and Minton
spanned more than fifty years,
ence the ambiance of this
and Crafts interior and a
and other rare tiles
John Jacob Glessner
Visitors are embraced by the
Brochure printing courtesy of Chicago Press Corp.
also shared a consuming
bygone world.
charming central courtyard.
interest in the life of the mind,
The Story of a House. 1923
supporting numerous cultural
home's warmth and enchant-
institutions and helping to
ed by the eminently livable
found the Chicago Symphony
spaces it offers.
Orchestra.
where
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Whether you want to tour the Glessner
begins.
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House and Clarke House museums, walk
5 MINUTES FROM
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rent space for a special function, the
1800 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago. IL 60616-1333
Two blocks east of Michigan Ave. on 18th St.
Prairie Avenue House Museums will work
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with you to meet your needs.
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HOURS
photograph courtesy of John Alderson
Docent-guided tours Wednesday - Sunday
Tours of Clarke House at noon, 1, and 2 pm
Tours of Glessner House at 1, 2, and 3 pm
Admission : $8 for both houses ($6 Students/Seniors)
$5 for one house ($4 Students/Seniors)
To arrange for custom tours,
call the Tour Center.
Custom/group tours and rates by reservation
tel: 312-326-1480
Tour Center: 312-326-1480
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URBAN
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A
LIVING
REDEFINING
FRONTIER
NEIGHBORHOOD
THE URBAN HOME
When Caroline and Henry Clarke moved
In a single generation, Prairie Avenue
The 1887 home of John J. and Frances
to the brash frontier town of Chicago in
was transformed into the neighborhood
M. Glessner provides a rare opportunity
1835, what is now the Prairie Avenue
that Chicago's most prosperous
to explore the interior of a residence
Historic District was still a lonely strip of
entrepreneurs called home. The
designed by Henry Hobson Richardson,
sandy prairie bordering Lake Michigan.
Pullmans, Armours, Fields, and Kimballs
whose work revolutionized American
Today, the Clarkes' restored Greek
all lived on Prairie Avenue. The Prairie
architecture. Through the decorative
The Prairie Avenue
Revival home tells a compelling tale of
Avenue Historic District now preserves
furnishings and open floor plan, the
Historic District
preserves a rich
family life on the urban frontier. As the
their legacy in this diverse urban
architect and client together redefined
variety of
nineteenth century
city's oldest surviving building, the
neighborhood.
Chicago's unique
Victorian living. Modern American
residential
contributions to
architecture in an
Clarke House is where Chicago begins.
American
residential architecture begins with
ever-changing
architecture and
Glessner House.
urban
design have been
neighborhood.
part of our daily
lives for over 100
Real people lived
years.
and worked on
Prairie Avenue -
high society and
working class -
men, women, and
children - people
photograph courtesy of Judith Bromley
who shaped
Chicago and
America.
photograph courtesy of Hedrich Blessing
CHICAGO BEYOND THE LOOP
A sweeping greensward,
Four estates within an
Two historic houses
just completed, now
easy drive of downtown,
on Prairie Avenue, once
connects the city's three
with extensive gardens,
the most fashionable
lakeside museums.
TOP Walkways wind through the 57-acre Museum
offer a peaceful respite.
address in town.
Campus where Lake Shore Drive once was.
BY BRENDA FOWLER 11
INSET At Field Museum's Butterfly Garden.
BY SUSAN CRAWFORD 10
BY AVIS BERMAN 11
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Photographs by Paul L. Merideth for The New York Times
LEFT The prairie at Fernwood. a botanical garden and nature preserve less than two hours from Chicago. RIGHT Fireplace in the Music Room at the Glessner House, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1886,
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THE GREEN BETWEEN
Chicago has rerouted a highway and linked three museums with user-friendly parkland
By BRENDA FOWLER
HAVE always been a little in awe of
I
the approach to the Field Museum in
Chicago Heading south on Lake Shore
Drive, which unwinds between the
park-lined shores of Lake Michigan
and the towering edge of the city, the motor-
ist is lured straight on toward the broad
steps and classical columns of the Beaux-
Arts museum. At the last moment, the busy
road is forced to bend to this monumental
temple of knowledge, and until recently, the
solution was symmetry The southbound
lanes passed to the west, and the northbound
to the east, cutting a close are past the
area's other two lakefront museums, the
John G Shedd Aquarium and the Max Adter
Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
For many a commuter, the daily brush
past these great museums was a reminder
not 10 neglect the city's cultural attractions.
But for museum visitors. the traffic on Lake
Shore Drive was noisy, unsightly and even a
little dangerous. The Field was stranded on
an island, linked to the Shedd by a grimy
pedestrian tunnel under Lake Shore Drive.
The city decided it didn't have to be that
way. In a move that took 11 years and $110
million, the northbound lanes of the drive
were rerouted to run alongside the south-
bound ones on the west side of the Field
Museum and Soklier Field. the stadium just
to the south, where the Chicago Bears foot.
ball team plays. With the completion of that
project in 1996. and another year and a half
of construction and landscaping. the pleas-
ant result is the Museum Campus, a new 57-
acre extension of the lakefront Burnham
Park, which encompasses the city's trio of
natural history museums.
Last month, when the new campus offi-
clally opened, visited it and the museums
several times. One weekday. just as the
museums were opening, arrived by car
"down Lake Shore Drive, followed signs to
the Museum Campus, and parked easily in
ABOVE The skeleton of a brachiosaurus in the Field Museum. BELOW The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy
Chicago River
BRENDA FOWLER contributes to The New
:York Times from Chicago
Museum and its new promenade along Lake Michigan. TOP The Shedd Aquarium.
WACKER DR.
Lake
the lot to the east of the Field Museum.
outside the Field Museum, visitors can
THE
Michigan
While there is still some planting to dn,
check their Rollerblades at a free valet area
LOOP.
especially around the A-lier Planetarium,
or lock their bikes at adjacent racks.
the improvements are visible everywhere.
In front of the Field Museum. where eight
GRANT
Bike and pedestrian paths along the lake
lanes of Lake Shore Drive once converged.
Chicago
PARK
have multiplied. and the land reclaimed
there IS now an enormous three-tiered lawn.
from the road between the Shedd and the
covered in thick grass so Inviting that every
Field museums has been planted in grass
child saw there one warm evening had to
Adler
Planetarium
and young saplings. Lots of people 1 saw
try rolling down IL from one level 10 the
and Astronomy
were heading into one of the museums, but
other. This grassy rise makes the motorists'
Shedd
Museum
others were just exploring the new park,
approach from Lake Shore Drive even
Aquarium
Rollerblading on the smooth new pavement.
grander. And pedestrians now arrive via a
or having a picnic while watching the small
monumental gateway that passes under the
planes land and take off at Meigs Field, the
drive from Grant Park
tiny airport that juts into the lake just to the
The minds behind the Museum Campus
south of the museum area.
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seem intent on making the museums places
Soldier Fleld
Every weekend through Labor Day. the
people can easily drop into for brief visit.
city's park district and the museums are
On the south side of the Field is a new
Glessner
sponsoring free outdoor activities, like
Historic House
living butterfly garden. which opened in
Museum,
storytelling and making sundials, under
May. that shows these creatures in every
tents erected on the grounds. The Chicago
stage of development Inside the cocoonlike
Architecture Foundation is offering free
tent are nearly three dozen varieties of
Clarke Historic
walking tours this month that focus on the
butterflies and moths, which (lap freely
House Museum
architecture and the landscaping of the
campus And on the northeastern corner
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BLUEPRINTS FROM
POINTS EAST
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On Chicago's first Gold Coast, a clapboard manor and a granite fortress with tales to tell
dance of building styles that even architects
miseums open to the public.
more likely to be found in a New England
By AVIS BERMAN
ABOVE The Henry B. Clarke
and architectural fashions that are not iden-
Transplanted IS the operative word for
seacoast town than in what was farm coun-
tified with the Midwest flourished there. In
the Henry B. Clarke House, which was
try in the middle of a flat plain. (The
House dates back to 1836.
AY "architeciure" and "Chicago"
fact. anyone who wants to sample fully the
moved In 1872 from 115 original site on South
Clarkes' contemporaries apparently
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in the same sentence, and most
architectural banquet that is Chicago should
Michigan Avenue, then carted back in 1977
thought 50, too: in the 1850's. a favorite
BELOW The tea parlor.
people's thoughts jump to Louis
consider touring the Prairie Avenue Histor-
to its present location at 1855 South Indiana
Sunday excursion for central city dwellers
Sullivan and Frank Lloyd
ic District, the city's first Gold Coast.
Avenue, about two blocks away from where
was a carriage ride out in see the house.)
After decades of decay. Prairie Avenue,
it slood in the first place.
Wright, to the Prairie School and
Henry and Caroline Palmer Clarke were
now a senn-industrial neighborhood strug-
The Clarke House, which went up in 1836.
just as foreign to Chicago as their house.
the birth of the tall building. These aspects
gling toward renewal, is trying 10 market
is rhought 10 be the oldest building in Chi-
They were both from Utica, N.Y. where
of Chicago's cultural environment are un-
uself as lofts-and-latte, up-and-coming art
cago. Stylistically an anomaly, it is a clap-
Greek Revival houses dotted the landscape.
deniable. but the city has such a superabun-
district. There. on the South Side, visitors
board structure in that masonry city, but its
In 1835 they migrated to the frontier settle-
will find, within a block of each other. the
strangeness does not end there With its
ment at the foot of Lake Michigan, where
AVIS BERMAN is working on n book about
Clarke and Glessner Houses, two examples
stately white colonnades, Greek Revival
Henry Clarke became a partner in a whole-
James McNeill Whistler and the literary
of high East Coast siyle successfully trans-
pediment and cupola, the house (probably
sale hardware firm that sold farming and
world. to be published by Clarkson Potter.
planted to the Middle West. Both are now
the work of a Chicago carpenter) seems
trapping implements The couple bought 20
acres of grassland bordered by the lake on
the east, what is now State Street on the
west, 16th Street on the north and 17th Street
on the south The Clarkes started out in a log
cabin, but they were so homesick that they
built their gracious two-story, six-bedroom
manor to remind them of the East Coast
society they had left behind. Their mini-
temple. for all its classical grandeur, could
only be reached by an old Indian path (10-
day's Michigan Avenue) that ran by their
front door
The Panic of 1837 ruined Clarke's busi-
ness, and he and Caroline didn't have the
money to decorate their new house. Clarke
began supporting his wife and six children
as a farmer and trapper. and their unfur-
nished parlors were hung with deer, snipe.
Paull
York
plover. quail and duck. By the mid-1840's
Clarke was on his way to earning more
The elegant impression begins with the
money, but in 1849 he died in a cholera
entryway: the front door is tall. and its
epidemic that wiped out 3 percent of the
transom and sidelights are divided by deli-
city's population
cate mullions. The wide central hall is cov-
Chicago soon spread south toward
ered in pale gray wallpaper printed to re-
Clarke's once-remote property. Michigan
semble cut stone, and it leads to a spacious
Avenue became proper thoroughfare. and
partor and dining room characterized by
in the 1850's Caroline Clarke recouped the
elaborate finishes and ornamentation. The
family's lost fortune by subdividing her
mantelpieces in each room are painted in
Glessner House: Henry Hobson Richardson's Romanesque front and the master bedroom.
acreage and selling off lots. She finished and
furnished the house as she liked.
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Chicago Houses
rated from the central business core by the
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Chicago River, started gravitating toward
the South Side for quicker accessibility to
faux-marbre patterns, and the ceiling me-
the Loop. On Prairie Avenue, around the
dallion in the parlor is blue, green, pink,
corner from the Clarke House, a house
gray and brown, highlighted with touches of
reportedly costing $100,000 was built in 1869,
gold and encircled with gold leaves.
and two years later Marshall Field moved
All the paint, wallpaper, carpets and
into a mansion designed by the New Yorker
floors are faithfully restored or recreated
Richard Morris Hunt, the future architect of
versions of what Caroline Clarke chose, but
The Breakers, Biltmore House and other
her furnishings have long since disappeared
Vanderbilt manors. Field was followed by
from the house. To create typical upper-
the meatpacker P.D. Armour and George
middle-class interiors of the time, museum
M. Pullman of the luxury railroad cars.
curators substituted American Empire and
They built enormous houses (both since
Victorian furniture dating from 1836 to 1860.
demolished), and Prairie Avenue between
The docents supply provocative details
16th and 22d Streets soon boasted some of
about what life would have been like for a
the city's grandest mansions. In the words
family who had known both comfort and
of Mary Alice Molloy, an architectural histo-
near poverty.
rian, it became "the most expensive street
Debra Frels, who was my guide, concen-
in America west of Fifth Avenue."
trated on manners and customs. The opaque
glass windows in the north parlor, which
HE most distinctive house on the
was used as a sickroom, were installed, she
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street, at 1800 Prairie Avenue,
said, because it was thought that too much
was commissioned by John J.
light was bad for the digestion. A pier table
and Frances Macbeth Glessner
in the south parlor was fitted with a mirror
in 1885. Like Field, John
below its base "so ladies could check to see
Glessner, vice president of a manufacturing
that their hems were in place, and that no
firm that became part of International Har-
part of their petticoat or foot showed."
vester, looked outside Chicago for an archi-
Upstairs, where the Clarke daughters once
tect. After interviewing several other candi-
slept, she pointed to the bed that sits on a
dates, including Stanford White, the
network of ropes, which the girls had to
Glessners chose the influential, Boston-
tighten each night.
based Henry Hobson Richardson. He was at
Photographst by Paul L Merideth for The New York Times
Caroline Clarke died in 1860. Her children
the pinnacle of his career, and his reinter-
lived in the house until 1872, when they sold
pretations of Romanesque architecture
The Glessner library, with a large oak table modeled after an even bigger one owned by the architect.
it. Its southern location protected it from the
(which came to be known as "Richardson-
Great Fire of 1871 - but the new owners,
ian Romanesque") were imitated by dozens
wanting a more rural location, moved the
of other late-19th-century architects. Spin-
them back and edging them with a grassy
rugs and decorative objects from Morris's
By World War I. Prairie Avenue was in
house 28 blocks south and one block west, to
offs of his stone behemoths can still be seen
lawn.
firm; especially outstanding is their collec-
decline, but the Glessners stayed there until
South Wabash Avenue. This family lived in
in downtowns from Connecticut to Kansas.
Pullman was so angered by Richardson's
tion of ceramics and tiles by the potter
John Glessner's death in 1936. By then, the
the house until 1941, when a church bought
Richardson was already in Chicago plan-
design that he persuaded W. W. Kimball, a
William De Morgan. About 80 percent of the
three other Richardson buildings in Chicago
it. After numerous pleas from the congrega-
ning one of his finest buildings - a whole-
piano manufacturer about to put up the next
Glessners' original furnishings have re-
had been torn down, and Glessner wanted to
tion, the city acquired the house in 1977 and
sale store for Marshall Field whose impact
mansion near him, to hire his architect,
mained in the house, making it a showcase
preserve the lone structure left in the city.
purchased the plot of land for it near the
was so powerful in the downtown commer-
Solon S. Beman, who had moved from New
for Morris's work.
He willed the house to the Chicago chapter
original Clarke property.
cial area that it caused Louis Sullivan to
York to Chicago after the fire of 1871. Be-
The library is a homage to Richardson
of the American Institute of Architects, but
Just as the Clarke children were prepar-
redesign the exterior of his 1889 Auditorium
man delivered a noncontroversial limestone
himself. The Glessners didn't move into
they were unable to maintain it. The
ing to leave the neighborhood, it was becom-
Building at South Michigan Avenue and
chateau at 1801 Prairie Avenue. (The Kim-
their house until December 1887, well after
Glessner heirs then gave it to the Illinois
ing the most fashionable place to live in
Congress Street. Richardson met the
ball house is now owned by the United States
Richardson's death in April 1886. But their
Institute of Technology. Mies van der Rohe.
town. Wealthy Chicagoans, seeing that the
Glessners in May 1885. (Appointments with
Soccer Federation.)
relationship with him was affectionate, and
who was on the faculty, taught in the house
north and west sides of the city were sepa-
Richardson were not easily arranged
The Glessner House is sheathed in rough-
the library contains several photographs of
before he designed the campus for the
events; the architect weighed 345 pounds
cut pink and gray granite and topped by a
the architect. The gargantuan oak table
school in 1940's and 50's. After the school
and had two hernias, each heavily trussed,
red-tiled roof. Both the 18th Street and Prai-
carved with acanthus leaves was modeled
moved away, the Chicago Architecture
and had to be carried everywhere.)
rie Avenue sides have dramatically arched
after an even bigger one in Richardson's
If you go
Foundation was established in 1966 express-
As Richardson looked over the lot, at a
entryways that exemplify Richardson's use
own library in Brookline, Mass., that the
smoky corner not far from the railroad
Glessners had remarked upon during their
ly to save the Glessner House. Thanks to its
of the Romanesque. Details are subordinate
tracks, he asked Glessner, 'Have you the
visits.
efforts, the Glessner House is the only ex-
to overall monumental forms to create, as
Guided tours for the Clarke and Glessner
courage to build the house without windows
he said, "a bold, rich, living architecture."
The couple supported the Chicago Sym-
ample of Richardson's residential work that
Houses begin at the Tour Center (the
on the front street?" Glessner said yes, and
The inside of the house is paneled in
phony, and on several occasions the entire
is preserved with extensive original furnish-
Glessners' former stables) on the 18th
the next evening Richardson presented the
quarter-sawed oak, and the predominant
orchestra performed in the parlor and ad-
ings and open to the public.
Street side of 1800 South Prairie Avenue.
couple with a sketch of a house with an L-
colors are gold, green, wine and terra-cotta
joining music room at the house. So did
As Louis Sullivan wrote about Richardson
They are open Wednesday through Sunday.
shaped first floor in which most of the
red. The reception hall radiates informality,
visiting artists like Paderewski and Caruso.
in Chicago, "Buildings such as this, and
Tours of Clarke House, 1855 South Indiana
principal rooms faced south toward a quiet,
from its beamed ceilings and fireplace
To support an establishment like this, the
there are not many of them, stand as land-
Avenue, begin at noon, 1, and 2 P.M.; tours
sunny interior courtyard. From the street,
tucked invitingly into a corner to its vividly
family kept at least six servants, who were
marks, as promontories, to the navigator.
of Glessner House at 1,2 and 3 P.M. Admis-
the house presented an unconventional, for-
patterned William Morris carpet. Both
confined to the west wing of the house,
They show when and where architecture
sion is $8 for both houses and $5 for one
tress-like exterior, enhanced by the fact that
Richardson and the Glessners admired the
consisting of the kitchen, butler's pantry,
has taken on its outburst of form as a grand
house; students and seniors pay $6 or $4;
Richardson pushed the solid, unadorned
English Arts and Crafts movement, and
servants' dining room, cold room and un-
passion - amid a host of stage-struck-
(312) 326-1480.
walls up to the lot lines rather than setting
they ordered furniture, wallpaper, curtains,
heated upstairs bedrooms.
wobbling mockeries."
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Women's Park and Gardens
of Chicago
Preliminary Design
City of Chicago.
Richard M. Daley, Mayor
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Lois Weisberg, Commissioner
Presentation
On The Plan For
The Hillary Rodham Clinton
Womens' Park and Gardens
of Chicago
July 24, 1998
Presented on behalf of:
City of Chicago
Mayor Richard M. Daley
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Lois Weisberg, Commissioner
by:
Voda "Betsy" Ebeling, Project Coordinator, City of Chicago, Office of Tourism
Mary Beth Herr, Design Consultant, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs
Drew Becher, Assistant to the Mayor, City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor
Matt Nielson, Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs
Hillary Rodham Clinton Women's Park and Gardens of Chicago
General Theme/Vision
A unique park to commemorate the achievements of women, reflect, and enjoy:
Gardens - e.g., heirloom, herb, flower, urban, shade, container, dye
Women's History - commemorated through public lectures, programs, sculptures
and markers
Rest and Relaxation - urban haven for colorful blooming setting in historic area
Entrances
Flowering vine covered iron pergola structures incorporating park name
Entrances at Prairie Avenue, 18th Street, Indiana Avenue and south boundary
Entrances for Greenhouse building and at 18th Street will be ADA accessible
Demonstration Gardens
Use for educational purposes in partnership with the Chicago Botanic Gardens
Themed plots such as heirloom vegetable garden, scented garden, heirloom herb
garden, prairie garden, dye garden, rose garden with sculptural centerpiece, etc.
Volunteers will be organized for planting, maintenance, workshops, etc.
Excellent learning opportunity for school groups through use of plant identification
signs throughout
Fountain and Sculpture Walk
Opportunity to make strong axis from Clarke House to Prairie Avenue through the
use of tree-lined walk incorporating areas for display of sculpture, as well as seating
Active water feature with possible sculptural centerpiece of "mother and child"
theme (Gary Price in Utah has been suggested as a potential sculptor)
Scale of sculpture will dictate size of fountain base design and location in
relationship to Clarke House
The asymmetrical walkways leading to fountain are intended to give "breathing
room" in front of the Clarke House for sculpture walk as well as unify the park
design from its current "dividing line" (i.e., brick alley)
Women's Memorial Path
Create through the use of unique materials an artistic representation of a woman's
journey through life; curvilinear path strays from conventional path; in and out of
traditional boundaries over a lifetime
Incorporate names of the women to be included in the Chicago Women's
Encyclopedia, approximately 400 names
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Greenhouse Education Center
The center will provide an orientation area for the Park, as well as an education
center in connection with the programs of the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Also, ADA
accessible restrooms and small catering kitchen will be located in this building
Dedicated area for year-round conservatory, with workshops, small information
center and retail outlet for plants, harvested seeds, books, historic information, etc.
The center is to be of constructed of glass, iron, with a stone base - complementary
to the entrance pergolas and in keeping with the historic character of the Prairie
Avenue District
Open Lawn Area and Summer House
Open lawn seating for concerts and public programs
Airy gazebo structure relating to other architectural elements in the park
Possibly install lawn chairs for flexible seating
For events, lawn area could accommodate, tents, stages, etc. for revenue
generation
Storytelling Garden
Dedicated area consisting of low rocks for storytelling purposes to schoolchildren
Alternate location for sculpture centerpiece with "mother and child" theme
Lighting, Sound, Seating, Street Furniture, Signage, Fencing
Select appropriate lighting per city's Master Lighting Plan, preferably low
ornamental lighting along paths to be both aesthetically pleasing and provide for
sense of security within the park during nighttime hours
Incorporate a sound system into the park for background and event purposes,
possibly playing opera music in the garden areas
Benches and trash containers in keeping with existing city programming
Incorporate park name into ornamental trellis structures at entrances
Create signage program labeling all plants, trees and other necessary signs to
complement historic character of area and with City's cultural signage plan
Any new fencing will be in keeping with that of the wrought iron fencing already
surrounding the Park along Prairie and Indiana Avenues
Accessibility
All entrances, paths and facilities to be ADA compliant, where possible. The design
of some of the historic landmark structures, i.e., Clarke House and Prairie Avenue
Street Fence/Wall, may restrict accessibility. We will work with the Mayor's Office
of Persons with Disabilities to exceed requirements as much as possible
An enabling garden which is both ADA accessible and child-friendly
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Management/Maintenance
Programming for the Park to be a joint venture between the City of Chicago
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Department of Cultural Affairs (current manager) and the Chicago Botanic Garden
Maintenance to remain under the jurisdiction of the City of Chicago - Department
of General Services, in coordination with the Department of Cultural Affairs
Financing
The financing for this project for the infrastructure and greenhouse improvements
will be funded by the City of Chicago, in coordination with that for the gardens by
Chicago Botanic Gardens
We have received interest in contributions thus far from the Chicago Federation of
Labor, as well as informational interest from other civic/community organizations
Cost
See attached preliminary cost estimate breakdown on Page 5
Schedule
See attached tentative project implementation schedule on Page 5
Current/Future Uses
The Park is proposed as one of the sites considered for the Millennium Flower
Festival in 2001. This event is a joint venture between the City of Chicago and the
Chicago Botanic Gardens
Some of the events/organizations which utilize the Park currently are:
Open Hand Chicago Annual Croquet Tournament
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation for a Rest Area/Water Stop, also serves as
rest area for "Boulevard Lakefront Tour"
HSI Productions, Inc. for television commercial casting
Detour 2 Discovery Day School for children's picnic
Woman Made Galleries annual picnic
Poetry in the Park program as part of "Downtown Thursday Night" promotion
Coalition for Labor Union Women for annual picnic
Glessner House Docent annual picnic
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Preliminary Cost Estimates
Design (underway)
Greenhouse, Park Features, Gardens for
Preliminary Park Design For "Bid Set "Plans
=
$200,000
Greenhouse Education Center
Dimensions: 25' X 92' = 2300 s.f. @ $200/s.f.
=
$460,000
Fountain
Assuming a 10' to 20' diameter pool,
including utilities, stonework, installation
=
$350,000
Site Improvements/Construction
Utilities, site prep, landscaping, fencing, lighting, sound
system, walkways, entrances, features, etc. for Park
=
$1,000,000
Total Estimated Cost
$2,010,000
Tentative Project Implementation Timeline
Preliminary Site Design Review
July 1 - - 31 1998
Site Design
August 1 - November 1, 1998
Construction Bidding
September 1 - - November 1, 1998
Preliminary Site Preparation and Landscaping
November 1 - - December 1, 1998
Site Preparation, Utility Relocation
December 1, 1998- - March 1, 1999
Greenhouse Construction
March 1 - June 30, 1999
Final Site Preparation, Planting, Site Construction
March 1 - - June 30, 1999
Opening and Dedication (tentative target date)
June 30, 1999
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.....THE URBAN
A LIVING
REDEFINING
FRONTIER
NEIGHBORHOOD
THE URBAN ROME
When Caroline and Henry Clarke moved
In a single generation, Prairie Avenue
The 1887 home of John J. and Frances
to the brash frontier town of Chicago in
was transformed into the neighborhood
M. Glessner provides a rare opportunity
1835, what is now the Prairie Avenue
that Chicago's most prosperous
to explore the interior of a residence
Historic District was still a lonely strip of
entrepreneurs called home. The
designed by Henry Hobson Richardson,
sandy prairie bordering Lake Michigan.
Pullmans, Armours, Fields, and Kimballs
whose work revolutionized American
Today, the Clarkes' restored Greek
all lived on Prairie Avenue. The Prairie
architecture. Through the decorative
The Prairie Avenue
Revival home tells a compelling tale of
Avenue Historic District now preserves
furnishings and open floor plan, the
Historic District
preserves a rich
family life on the urban frontier. As the
their legacy in this diverse urban
architect and client together redefined
variety of
nineteenth century
city's oldest surviving building, the
neighborhood.
Chicago's unique
Victorian living. Modern American
residential
contributions to
architecture in an
Clarke House is where Chicago begins.
American
residential architecture begins with
ever-changing
architecture and
Glessner House.
urban
design have been
neighborhood.
part of our daily
lives for over 100
Real people lived
years.
and worked on
Prairie Avenue -
high society and
working class -
men, women, and
children - people
photograph courtesy of Judith Bromley
who shaped
Chicago and
America.
photograph courtesy of Hedrich Blessing
where
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CUSTOM TOURS
Prairie Avenue
Whether you want to tour the Glessner
begins.
House Museums
House and Clarke House museums, walk
MINUTES FROM
the Prairie Avenue Historic District, or
DOWNTOWN CHICAGO
rent space for a special function, the
1800 S. Prairie Ave., Chicago. IL 60616-1333
Two blocks east of Michigan Ave. on 18th St.
Prairie Avenue House Museums will work
CTA buses 1,3, & 4 on Michigan to 18th St.
with you to meet your needs.
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D. Adier Planetarium
E. Soldier Field
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G. 2nd Presbyterian Church
H. Chinatown
I. McCormick Place
HOURS
photograph courtesy of John Alderson
Docent-guided tours Wednesday - - Sunday
Tours of Clarke House at noon, 1, and 2 pm
Tours of Glessner House at 1, 2, and 3 pm
Admission : $8 for both houses ($6 Students/Seniors)
$5 for one house ($4 Students/Seniors)
To arrange for custom tours,
call the Tour Center.
Custom/group tours and rates by reservation
tel: 312-326-1480
Tour Center: 312-326-1480
fax: 312-326-1397
fax: 312-326-1397
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Glessner House Museum
Your forbears have made their altar
boasts a veritable garden of
around the family hearthstone,
earthly delights for the appre-
ciation and study of decorative
and have tried to keep to its legends
arts. From the Isaac Scott
when compelled to leave it
cabinetry and the Morris &
John Jacob Glessner
Co. textiles, to the eclectic
The Story of a House. 1923
array of ceramics, the muse-
When first built,
um offers visitors a singular
the house was subject of much
experience in which nearly
Throughout their years togeth-
all of the furnishings and
remark by passers-by
er, John and Frances Glessner
appointments are original to
John Jacob Glessner
studied the principles of the
the family. Visitors to this
The Story of a House. 1923
Aesthetic and English Arts
historic home thrill at the hun-
and Crafts movements and
dreds of glorious art objects
put these principles into
that grace the period rooms.
In 1885, John and Frances
practice when making their
The stories that live within
Glessner hired Boston
decorating choices. The result
the walls of Glessner House
architect Henry Hobson
of their dedication is an out-
tell the tale of Chicago in an
Richardson. Over the next
standing level of sophistica-
era that, more than any other,
year, he adapted the couple's
furor among the denizens of
tion in the collections.
shaped urban America-the
specifications for gracious
its exclusive Prairie Avenue
family life and fashion trends,
living into the stately home
neighborhood, causing
John, a captain of industry,
masters and servants, high
that helped redefine American
George Pullman to proclaim,
returned each evening to a
culture and crass con-
domestic architecture. A
"I do not know what I have
domestic retreat made gra-
sumerism, intellectual
radical departure from tradi-
ever done to have that thing
cious through the efforts of
achievements and industrial
tional residential design,
staring me in the face every
There are collections of Gallé and
his wife and the staff of eight
brawn. The spirit of the Gilded
Glessner House created a
time I go out of my door."
Venetian and other rare glass, of
servants she took great pains
Age lives in Glessner House
Nestled inside the fortress-
to manage. John and Frances,
and visitors not only learn its
porcelains and pottery and bronzes,
like, rusticated granite exterior
whose enduring love match
cultural history, they experi-
is an oak-paneled English Arts
of De Morgan and Minton
spanned more than fifty years,
ence the ambiance of this
and Crafts interior and a
and other rare tiles
John Jacob Glessner
Brochure printing courtesy of Chicago Press Corp.
also shared a consuming
bygone world.
charming central courtyard.
interest in the life of the mind,
Visitors are embraced by the
The Story of a House. 1923
supporting numerous cultural
home's warmth and enchant-
institutions and helping to
ed by the eminently livable
found the Chicago Symphony
spaces it offers.
Orchestra.
In time
1800
old Prairie Avenue will
come into its own again
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60616
1800 SOUTH PRAIRIE AVENUE
GLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM
Glessner
House
Museum
A National
Glessner House National Historic Landmark stands at 18th Street
Historic Landmark
and Prairie Avenue in the heart of the Prairie Avenue Historic
District-just two miles south of Chicago's Loop. The district
today is experiencing a boom, with a new generation of residents
infusing the Near South Side with new vitality. The neighborhood
that at the end of the nineteenth century was called "the sunny
street of the sifted few" is once again home to up-and-coming
young urban families.
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Glessner House Museum
A. Glessner House Museum
welcomes inquiries regard-
B. Clarke House
ing rentals for corporate
C. National Vietnam Veterans
and private functions.
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D. Woman Made Gallery
E. Second Presbyterian Church
F. Field Museum
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I. McCormick Place
GLESSNER HOUSE MUSEUM
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1800 SOUTH PRAIRIE AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60616
312-326-1480
FAX 312-326-1397
Glessner House Museum, a not-for-profit organization, welcomes contributions,
which are tax deductible as permitted by IRS regulations.
The National Vietnam
Art Museum
The National Vietnam Veter
Art
Museum
The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
opened it doors on August 25, 1996 in a spirit
is dedicated to collecting, cataloging,
of healing, compassion, understanding and
preserving, and displaying works of art
national pride. Private sector support is
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created by Americans who served in the
urgently needed to complete renovations on
armed forces in the Vietnam War. Located in
the building, curate the art collection and
Chicago, Illinois this national center also has
complete educational materials. This is an
a primary role in public education and
important opportunity to help preserve and
research on the war.
understand the images and emotions of a vital
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time in American history.
The Museum
Your support is very much appreciated and
The art collection received a permanent
will be acknowledged in many important
home in November 1995 and semifinal
ways, from being listed as a founding
funding to begin renovations on the building
member of the Museum on the donor wall to
through the generous support and commit-
a variety of media and publications. Special
ment of Mayor Daley, the City of Chicago,
naming opportunities have been established
and the McCormick Foundation. Located at
Karl Michel Loomings
for those who wish to make a leadership
1801 South Indiana Avenue, the Museum is
committment to the Museum.
adjacent to the famous Glessner House
Naming Opportunities
located in the Historic Prairie Avenue
Museum
$5,000,000.00
District. The facility includes three floors of
Main Lobby
1,000,000.00
exhibit space, an administrative area, a
Courtyard
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library, classrooms, a multimedia theater, a
75,000.00
helicopter gallery, museum store, cafe and a
Helicopter Gallery
500,000.00
beautiful courtyard.
Library
500,000.00
Theater
350,000.00
The Collection
Art Galleries
250,000.00
The art collection is the only one of its kind
Classrooms
100,000.00
John Plunkett - Enemies Meeting in the Rain
in the nation. Over 500 pieces of art
Cafe and Gift Shop
50,000.00
represent nearly every medium from
Exhibits
25,000.00
painting, sculpture, and photography to
Individual Art Sponsors
10,000.00
poetry, letters, and diaries. Works of more
Donor Wall
1,000.00
than 95 artists from around the world, all of
I would like to contribute
whom served in Vietnam, will be on display
Other Items Needed
to the Vietnam Veterans Art Museum.
Enclosed please find my donation.
I understand this is a tax-exempt
organization and my contribution
is tax deductible as allowed
under the law.
when the Museum opens its doors in
Computer Systems
Office Equipment
Art
August, 1996. A fine arts book on the
Conservation
Crates for Traveling Exhibit
collection will be published by Abrams
Office/Classroom Furniture
Courtyard
Publishing, New York. A web page is also
Furniture
Printed Materials
etc.
being created for the Museum. In addition to
For further information, contact:
NATIONAL
the collection of artworks, the Museum will
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also feature interactive dioramas with its
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
impressive collection of artifacts which
1801 S. Indiana
include uniforms, medals, weaponry, and a
Chicago, IL 60616
Huey helicopter.
(312) 326-0270
Cleveland Wright We Regret to Inform You
VETERANS
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
The NVVAM is located at 1801 S. Indiana, and
18th Street, one block east of Michigan Avenue,
in the heart of the Prairie Avenue Historic
District. It is easily accessible by public trans-
portation and close to I-55 and I-90.
The NVVAM is a non-profit, tax-exempt organi-
zation. The exhibits programming and opera-
tions are member supported and privately
funded through contributions from individuals,
corporations, and foundations. Additional
funding has been provided through various city,
state and federal grants.
The National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
1801 S. Indiana Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Phone: 312-326-0270
Fax: 312-326-9769
Hours:
Joseph Fornelli -
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday:
Dressed to Kill
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Ned Broderick - V.C. Suspect
Wednesday:
11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Richard Yohnka -
Closed Major Holidays.
This Is How
You Died
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This collection is an account of a critically important and still
PRAIRIE
misunderstood period in our history, a period that had an undeniable effect
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on all of us. Obviously, no group feels this effect more keenly than the men
who went, who served, and who returned.
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This collection embodies the work of some 90 of these unique men, and
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represents the spirit and perspective of SO many more. Through their art we
are treated to a rare and powerful account of that historic period. It is,
perhaps, the most accurate account of all.
Public Transportation:
From Michigan Avenue, take a #3 Bus, or a #4
Now that the national consciousness is focusing greater attention on the
Bus - South, to 18th Street. Proceed one (1)
people and events that Vietnam affected, the importance of this collection
block East to Museum.
is all too apparent.
CHICAGO BEYOND THE LOOP
A sweeping greensward,
Four estates within an
Two historic houses
just completed, now
easy drive of downtown,
on Prairie Avenue, once
connects the city's three
with extensive gardens,
the most fashionable
lakeside museums.
TOP Walkways wind through the 57-acre Museum
offer a peaceful respite.
address in town.
Campus where Lake Shore Drive once was.
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INSET At Field Muscum's Butterfly Garden.
BY SUSAN CRAWFORD 10
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LEFT The prairie at Fernwood. a botanical garden and nature preserve less than two hours from Chicago. RIGHT Fireplace in the Music Room at the Glessner House, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1886,
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THE GREEN BETWEEN
Chicago has rerouted a highway and linked three museums with user-friendly parkland
By BRENDA FOWLER
HAVE always been a little in awe of
the approach to the Field Museum in
Chicago Heading south on Lake Shore
Drive, which unwinds between the
park-lined shores of Lake Michigan
and the towering edge of the city, the motor-
ist is lured straight on toward the broad
steps and classical columns of the Beaux-
Arts museum. At the last moment, the busy
road is forced to bend 10 this monumental
temple of knowledge. and until recently. the
solution was symmetry. The southbound
lanes passed to the west, and the northbound
to the east, cutting a close are past the
area's other two lakefront museums, the
John G. Shedd Aquarium and the Max Adler
Planetarium and Astronomy Museum.
For many a commuter, the daily brush
past these great museums was a reminder
not to neglect the city's cultural attractions.
But for museum visitors, the raffic on Lake
Shore Drive was noisy, unsightly and even a
little dangerous. The Field was stranded on
an island, linked to the Shedd by a grimy
pedestrian tunnel under Lake Shore Drive.
The city decided it didn't have to be that
way. In a move that took 11 years and $110
million, the northbound lanes of the drive
were rerouted to run alongside the south-
bound ones on the west side of the Field
Museum and Soldier Field, the stadium just
to the south, where the Chicago Bears foot
ball team plays. With the completion of that
project in 1996. and another year and half
of construction and landscaping. the pleas-
ant result is the Museum Campus, a new 57-
acre extension of the Inkefront Burnham
Park, which encompasses the city's trio of
inatural history museums.
Last month, when the new campus offi-
cially opened, visited it and the museums
*several times. One weekday, just as the
"museums were opening. arrived by car
"down Lake Shore Drive, followed signs to
the Museum Campus, and parked easily in
ABOVE The skeleton of a brachiosaurus in the Field Museum. BELOW The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy
Chicago
BRENDA FOWLER contributes to The New
York Times from Chicago
Museum and its new promenade along Lake Michigan. TOP The Shedd Aquarium.
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Lake
the for to the east of the Field Museum
outside the Field Museum, visitors can
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While there IS still some planting to do,
check their Rollerblades at a frec valer area
LOOP
especially around the Adler Planetarium.
or lock their bikes at adjacent racks.
the improvements are visible everywhere
In front of the Field Museum, where eight
GRANT
Bike and pedestrian paths along the lake
lanes of Lake Shore Drive once converged.
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have multiplied, and the land reclaimed
there IS now an enormous three-tiered lawn.
from the road between the Shedd and the
covered III thick grass so myiting that every
Field museums has been planted in grass
child saw there one warm evening had to
Adler
and young saphugs Lots of people saw
Planetarium
try rolling down it from one level to the
and Astronomy
were heading into one of the museums. but
other This grassy rise makes the motorists'
Shedd
Museum
others were just exploring the new park.
approach from Lake Shore Drive even
Aquarium
Rollerblading on the smooth new pavement.
grander. And pedestrians now arrive via a
ROOSEVEL
or having a picnic while watching the small
monumental gateway that passes under the
planes land and take off at Meigs Field, the
drive from Grant Park
tiny airport that jut's into the lake just to the
The minds behind the Museum Campus
south of the museum area.
seem intent on making the museums places
Soldier Field
Every weekend through Labor Day. the
people can easily drop into for a brief visit.
city's park district and the museums are
On the south side of the Field is a new
Glessner
sponsor free outdoor activities. like
living butterfly garden. which opened in
Historic House
Museum
storytelling and making sundials, under
May, that shows these creatures in every
tents erected on the grounds. The Chicago
stage of development. Inside the cocoonlike
Architecture Foundation is offering free
tent are nearly three dozen varieties of
Clarke Historic
walking tours this month that focus on the
butterflies and morhs, which flap freely
House Museum
architecture and the landscaping of the
campus And on the northeastern corner
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The
New
BLUEPRINTS FROM
POINTS EAST
On Chicago's first Gold Coast. a clapboard manor and a granite fortress with tales to tell
Hi
dance of building styles that even architects
museums open 10 the public.
more likely to be found in a New England
By AVIS BERMAN
and architectural fashions that are not iden-
Transplanted is the operative word for
seaconst town than in what was farm coun-
ABOVE The Henry B. Clarke
tified with the Midwest flourished there. In
the Henry B. Clarke House, which was
try in the middle of a flat plain. (The
House dates back to 1836.
AY "architecture" and "Chicago"
fact. anyone who wants to sample fully the
moved in 1872 from its original site on South
Clarkes' contemporaries apparently
S
in the same sentence. and most
architectural banquet that is Chicago should
Michigan Avenue, then carted back in 1977
BELOW The tea parlor.
thought so, ton; in the 1850's, a favorite
people's thoughts jump to Louis
consider touring the Prairie Avenue Histor
10 its present location at 1855 South Indiana
Sunday excursion for central city dwellers
Sullivan and Frank Lloyd
ic District, the city's first Gold Coast.
Avenue. about two blocks away from where
was a carriage ride out to see the house.)
After decades of decay, Prairie Avenue.
Wright, to the Prairie School and
It stood in the first place.
Henry and Caroline Palmer Clarke were
now a semi-industrial neighborhood strug.
The Clarke House, which went up in 1836.
the birth of the tall building. These aspects
just as foreign to Chicago as their house.
gling toward renewal, is trying 10 market
is thought 10 be the oklest building in Chi-
They were both from Unca, N.Y. where
of Chicago's cultural environment are un-
itself as a lofts-and-laure, up-and-coming are
cago. Stylistically an anomaly, it is a clap-
Greek Revival houses dotted the landscape.
deniable, but the city has such a superabun-
district. There, on the South Side, visitors
heard structure in that masonry city, but its
in 1835 they migrated to the frontier settle-
will find, within a block of each other, the
strangeness does not end there. With its
ment at the fool of Lake Michigan, where
AVIS BERMAN IS working on a book about
Clarke and Glessner Houses, two examples
stately white colonnades, Greek Revival
Henry Clarke became a partner in a whole-
James McNeill Whistler and the literary
of high East Coast style successfully trans-
pediment and cupola, the house (probably
sale hardware firm that sold farming and
world. to be published by Clarkson Potter.
planted to the Middle West. Both are now
the work of a Chicago carponter) seems
trapping implements. The couple bought 20
acres of grassland bordered by the lake on
the east, what is now State Street on the
west, 16th Street on the north and 17th Street
on the south The Clarkes started out in log
cabin, but they were 50 homesick that they
built their gracious (wo-story, six bedroom
manor to remind them of the East Coast
society they had left behind. Their mini-
temple. for all its classical grandeur, could
only be reached by an old Indian path (to-
day's Michigan Avenue) that ran by their
front door
The Panic of 1837 ruined Clarke's busi-
ness. and he and Caroline didn't have the
money to decorate their new house. Clarke
began supporting his wife and six children
as a farmer and trapper, and their unfur-
nished partors were hung with deer, snipe,
Phosograph
Merwieth for
Time
plover, quail and duck. By the mid-1840's
Clarke was on his way to earning more
The elegant Impression begins with the
money. but in 1849 he died in a cholera
entryway: the front door is tall, and its
epidemic that wiped out 3 percent of the
transom and sidelights are divided by deli-
city's population.
cate mullions. The wide central hall is çov-
Chicago soon spread south toward
ered in pale gray wallpaper printed to re-
Clarke's once-remote property. Michigan
semble cut stone, and it leads to a spacious
Avenue became a proper thoroughfare, and
parlor and dining room characterized by
in the 1850's Caroline Clarke recouped the
elaborate finishes and ornamentation. The
family's lost fortune by subdividing her
mantelpieces in each room are painted in
Glessner House: Henry Hobson Richardson's Romanesque front and the master bedroom.
acreage and selling off lots. She finished and
furnished the house as she liked.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1998
Chicago Houses
rated from the central business core by the
Continued From Preceding Page
Chicago River, started gravitating toward
the South Side for quicker accessibility to
faux-marbre patterns, and the ceiling me-
the Loop. On Prairie Avenue, around the
dallion in the parlor is blue, green, pink,
corner from the Clarke House, a house
gray and brown, highlighted with touches of
reportedly costing $100,000 was built in 1869,
gold and encircled with gold leaves.
and two years later Marshall Field moved
All the paint, wallpaper, carpets and
into a mansion designed by the New Yorker
floors are faithfully restored or recreated
Richard Morris Hunt, the future architect of
versions of what Caroline Clarke chose, but
The Breakers, Biltmore House and other
her furnishings have long since disappeared
Vanderbilt manors. Field was followed by
from the house. To create typical upper-
the meatpacker P. D. Armour and George
middle-class interiors of the time, museum
M. Pullman of the luxury railroad cars.
curators substituted American Empire and
They built enormous houses (both since
Victorian furniture dating from 1836 to 1860.
demolished), and Prairie Avenue between
The docents supply provocative details
16th and 22d Streets soon boasted some of
about what life would have been like for a
the city's grandest mansions. In the words
family who had known both comfort and
of Mary Alice Molloy, an architectural histo-
near poverty.
rian, it became "the most expensive street
Debra Frels, who was my guide, concen-
in America west of Fifth Avenue."
trated on manners and customs. The opaque
glass windows in the north parlor, which
HE most distinctive house on the
was used as a sickroom, were installed, she
T
street, at 1800 Prairie Avenue,
said, because it was thought that too much
was commissioned by John J.
light was bad for the digestion. A pier table
and Frances Macbeth Glessner
in the south parlor was fitted with a mirror
in 1885. Like Field, John
below its base "so ladies could check to see
Glessner, vice president of a manufacturing
that their hems were in place, and that no
firm that became part of International Har-
part of their petticoat or foot showed."
vester, looked outside Chicago for an archi-
Upstairs, where the Clarke daughters once
tect. After interviewing several other candi-
slept, she pointed to the bed that sits on a
dates, including Stanford White, the
network of ropes, which the girls had to
Glessners chose the influential, Boston-
tighten each night.
based Henry Hobson Richardson. He was at
Photographs by Paul L Merideth for The New York Times
Caroline Clarke died in 1860. Her children
the pinnacle of his career, and his reinter-
lived in the house until 1872, when they sold
pretations of Romanesque architecture
The Glessner library, with a large oak table modeled after an even bigger one owned by the architect.
it. Its southern location protected it from the
(which came to be known as "Richardson-
Great Fire of 1871 - but the new owners,
ian Romanesque") were imitated by dozens
wanting a more rural location, moved the
of other late-19th-century architects. Spin-
them back and edging them with a grassy
rugs and decorative objects from Morris's
By World War I, Prairie Avenue was in
house 28 blocks south and one block west, to
offs of his stone behemoths can still be seen
lawn.
firm; especially outstanding is their collec-
decline, but the Glessners stayed there until
South Wabash Avenue. This family lived in
in downtowns from Connecticut to Kansas.
Pullman was so angered by Richardson's
tion of ceramics and tiles by the potter
John Glessner's death in 1936. By then, the
the house until 1941, when a church bought
Richardson was already in Chicago plan-
design that he persuaded W. W. Kimball, a
William De Morgan. About 80 percent of the
three other Richardson buildings in Chicago
it. After numerous pleas from the congrega-
ning one of his finest buildings - a whole-
piano manufacturer about to put up the next
Glessners' original furnishings have re-
had been torn down, and Glessner wanted to
tion, the city acquired the house in 1977 and
sale store for Marshall Field whose impact
mansion near him, to hire his architect,
mained in the house, making it a showcase
preserve the lone structure left in the city.
purchased the plot of land for it near the
was so powerful in the downtown commer-
Solon S. Beman, who had moved from New
for Morris's work.
He willed the house to the Chicago chapter
original Clarke property.
cial area that it caused Louis Sullivan to
York to Chicago after the fire of 1871. Be-
The library is a homage to Richardson
of the American Institute of Architects, but
Just as the Clarke children were prepar-
redesign the exterior of his 1889 Auditorium
man delivered a noncontroversial limestone
himself. The Glessners didn't move into
they were unable to maintain it. The
ing to leave the neighborhood, it was becom-
Building at South Michigan Avenue and
chateau at 1801 Prairie Avenue. (The Kim-
their house until December 1887, well after
Glessner heirs then gave it to the Illinois
ing the most fashionable place to live in
Congress Street. Richardson met the
ball house is now owned by the United States
Richardson's death in April 1886. But their
Institute of Technology. Mies van der Rohe.
town. Wealthy Chicagoans, seeing that the
Glessners in May 1885. (Appointments with
Soccer Federation.)
relationship with him was affectionate, and
who was on the faculty, taught in the house
north and west sides of the city were sepa-
Richardson were not easily arranged
The Glessner House is sheathed in rough-
the library contains several photographs of
before he designed the campus for the
events; the architect weighed 345 pounds
cut pink and gray granite and topped by a
the architect. The gargantuan oak table
school in 1940's and 50's. After the school
and had two hernias, each heavily trussed,
red-tiled roof. Both the 18th Street and Prai-
carved with acanthus leaves was modeled
moved away, the Chicago Architecture
and had to be carried everywhere.)
rie Avenue sides have dramatically arched
after an even bigger one in Richardson's
Foundation was established in 1966 express-
If you go
As Richardson looked over the lot, at a
entryways that exemplify Richardson's use
own library in Brookline, Mass., that the
smoky corner not far from the railroad
Glessners had remarked upon during their
ly to save the Glessner House. Thanks to its
of the Romanesque. Details are subordinate
efforts, the Glessner House is the only ex-
tracks, he asked Glessner, "Have you the
to overall monumental forms to create, as
visits.
Guided tours for the Clarke and Glessner
courage to build the house without windows
he said, "a bold, rich, living architecture."
The couple supported the Chicago Sym-
ample of Richardson's residential work that
Houses begin at the Tour Center (the
on the front street?" Glessner said yes, and
The inside of the house is paneled in
phony, and on several occasions the entire
is preserved with extensive original furnish-
Glessners' former stables) on the 18th
the next evening Richardson presented the
quarter-sawed oak, and the predominant
orchestra performed in the parlor and ad-
ings and open to the public.
Street side of 1800 South Prairie Avenue.
couple with a sketch of a house with an L-
colors are gold, green, wine and terra-cotta
joining music room at the house. So did
As Louis Sullivan wrote about Richardson
They are open Wednesday through Sunday.
shaped first floor in which most of the
red. The reception hall radiates informality,
visiting artists like Paderewski and Caruso.
in Chicago, "Buildings such as this, and
Tours of Clarke House, 1855 South Indiana
principal rooms faced south toward a quiet,
from its beamed ceilings and fireplace
To support an establishment like this, the
there are not many of them, stand as land-
Avenue, begin at noon, 1, and 2 P.M.; tours
sunny interior courtyard. From the street,
tucked invitingly into a corner to its vividly
family kept at least six servants, who were
marks, as promontories, to the navigator.
of Glessner House at 1, 2 and 3 P.M. Admis-
the house presented an unconventional, for-
patterned William Morris carpet. Both
confined to the west wing of the house,
They show when and where architecture
sion is $8 for both houses and $5 for one
tress-like exterior, enhanced by the fact that
Richardson and the Glessners admired the
consisting of the kitchen, butler's pantry,
has taken on its outburst of form as a grand
house; students and seniors pay $6 or $4;
Richardson pushed the solid, unadorned
English Arts and Crafts movement, and
servants' dining room, cold room and un-
passion - amid a host of stage-struck-
(312) 326-1480.
walls up to the lot lines rather than setting
they ordered furniture, wallpaper, curtains,
heated upstairs bedrooms.
wobbling mockeries."
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To:
Bobbie Greene
Fax:
202-456-6244
Pages:
1, including this cover sheet.
Date:
March 4, 1998
Dear Bobbie,
I am at long last sending you notes, etc. regarding the HRC Park, Chicago. I am on the
Dedication Committee as well as the steering committee. Both committees, as well as the
landscaping and programming committees, are in the process of meeting throughout the next
couple weeks.
We are also proceeding with plans to rehab the coach house as a meeting place.
Call me with any questions, etc.
Betsy Ebcling
312-744-9350
From the desk of
Betsy Ebeling
Chicago Office of Tourism
78 E. Washington
Chicago, 60602
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GIVOF
OF
CHICAGO
City of Chicago
TO:
Hillary Rodham Clinton Women's Park
Richard M. Datey. Mayor
or Chicago Advisory Committee
Department of Cultural Affairs
FROM:
Lon Weisbere
Lois Weisberg
DATE: Feb. 11, 1998
commissioner
Chirago enter
RE:
Meetings
78 ast Washington Street
Chicago. Dimois 60602
(312) 744-6630 (Voice)
| am enclosing minutes of our first meeting on February 4. I
(512) 744-2089 (1AX)
know that we all want to thank the National Vietnam Veterans
(312) 744-2947 (TTY)
Art Museum for their hospitality and Café V and Call Berghold
for the wonderful refreshments.
Our first meeting was both productive and inspiring, and, while
we have much work ahead of us, we share enthusiasm and
energy for the creation of the plans and designs for this unique
park.
During the next several weeks, the sub-committees will meet
and the entire committee will re-convene on March 24 to review
their recommendations and to determine the next steps.
Please mark your calendars for the next meeting
3 p.m., Tuesday, March 24
at the Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street
4th floor conference room
I look forward to working with you.
WORKS
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MINUTES
February 6, 1998
Members Present: Marcy Baim, Tracy Baim, Janet Bloch, Sarah
1. Bogan, Nancy Chen, Ann Christophersen, Betsy Ebeling,
Mary Beth Herr, Jean Hunt, CC Krohne, Micki Leventhal, Cece
Lobin, Barbara Lynne, Nour Michael, Beate Minkovski, Cindy
Mitchell, Betsy Norton, Diana Palomar, Sally L. Park, I aura
Raimondi, Walidah Sherman, Virginia Stewart, Manny Tuteur,
Sondra Varco, Jennifer Vidis, Lois Weisberg
Staff: Joyce Bolinger
Guests: Cali Berghold, Ned Broderick, Joseph Fornelli, Jerry
Kykisz, Sarina Renaldi, Kimo Williams - National Vietnam
Veterans Art Museum
Susan Dann - National Soccer Federation
The meeting was called 10 order by Commissioner Lois
Weisberg who identified two goals for plans for the park the
first is to serve the needs of the neighborhood, but, the second
is to look beyond geographical borders and to claim a space 10
honor women.
She talked about Alderman Mary Ann Smith's dream of having
a women's museum in Chicago and encouraged the group to
think in ambitious, visionary terms. Each member of the
committee was asked to think of ways to make the park used
by the group that members represents.
Commissioner Weisberg then read a letter to the group from
Hillary Rodham Clinton (see enclosed).
A drawing of the park made ten years ago by architect Michelle
McKay under the auspices of the Chicago Architecture
Foundation was distributed 10 illustrate boundaries and park
landmarks.
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CURRENT USES OF THE PARK
The first question posed to the group by Commissioner
Weisberg was "how is the park currently used?"
Some of the responses were as follows:
Soccer games, strolling, dogwalking, pienics, day care for
Printers' Row Book Fair, enjoyment of the garden/ orchard.
The group then turned to a discussion of the overall goals of the
park and what specific ideas should be incorporated into the
planning.
FUTURE
The major work of this committee is to advise the City of
Chicago about general goals and specific landscape design and
programs that should be incorporated into planning for the park.
In the discussion facilitated by Commissioner Weisberg, the
following general goals were discussed:
General Goals
Bridge between new residents and long term residents
Sharing cultural traditions
Highlight women in Chicago
Make women the center of all programming, though not
necessarily exclusively for women
Spotlight achievements of women
Women should be context for performances, artworks, mural,
services
Speak to women and girls in need
Give girls a chance to be integral in planning
Use women to provide art, design, services
Park furniture (e.g., benches) could be named for womens
organizations
Make park physically a womens space
Tie landscaping into history of Clarke House (for example,
identify plants and give historical context)
Familiarize broad audiences with the accomplishments of
women
Serve people of all ages children, garden, track, older people
Critical mission of this park should be 10 pay tribute to women
Honoring women on on-going basis
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Provide venue for womens activities
Educational programs
Assure range of ethnicity, race, sexual orientation
Citywide audience
Show girls all possibilities
Turning to specific program ideas, a variety of suggestions were
made:
Specific Programs
Outdoor movies
Concerts
Sculpture
Barbecue
Herbs for Sale/ Herb Garden
Recreational programming for children
Womens Walk Honoring Women in History
Kite flying contest
Theatrical, poetry performances
Ice rink
Summer series of new music by women composers
WHAT WOULD DRAW YOU TO THE PARK?
Next, Commissioner Weisberg asked people to identify
attractions that would motivate them to visit the park.
Some responses:
Walk honoring women (especially with handouts, plaques)
Unique programs celebrating women
Unique place - Center of the history of where Chicago started
Parking
Daycare for boys and girls
Nature - encourage girls to be interested in science
Summer camps for girls
Summer camps for women!
Benches by women artists
Several sub-committees were formed to refine ideas in the most
important categories and to report back to the next general
session.
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SUB-COMMITTEES
It was decided to re-convene the entire group in about six
weeks after sub committees meet to discuss categories.
Volunteers for committees were as follows:
Programming M
Laura Raimondi, Jennifer Vidis, Nancy Chen, CCKrohne, Jean
Hunt, Cali Bergold, Sondra Varco, Manny Tuteur, Walidah
Sherman, Ann Christophersen, Cece Lobin, Diana Palomar, Nour
Sweiss Michael
Public Art
Janet Bloch, Beate Minkovski, Joseph Fornelli, Tracy Baim,
Marcy Baim, Ann Christophersen, Cece Lobin
Dedication
Jennifer Vidis, Nancy Chen, Calid Bergold, Walidah Sherman,
Cece Lobin, Diana Palomar, Betsy Ebeling
Landscape Design
Laura Raimondi, Micki Leventhal, Barbara Lynne, Cali Bergold,
Sondra Varco, Sarah E. Bogan, Betsy Norton, Mary Beth Herr
It was recommended that the programming sub-
committee might decide to break into smaller groups to focus
on topics such as educational programs or programs for girls
Individuals not listed who wish 10 volunteer for sub-committees
should call Joyce Bolinger at 312/745-0040 at the Department
of Cultural Affairs at the Clarke House Museum.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 30, 1998
Ms. Lois Weisberg
Commissioner
Department of Cultural Affairs
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Dear Lois:
The Chicago events were a highlight of my birthday
festivities and no part of that celebration touched me more
than the dedication of the Women's Park. I share the
excitement that you and Sue and the advisory committee members
enjoy as you begin this creative process. With your spirit
and enthusiasm, you will shape a welcoming space where women
of different backgrounds, interests, religions and cultures
can come together on the common ground of shared interests.
In this park, women will speak the same mother tongue - - the
language of hope.
It is so fitting that this park which will honor women
will be in Chicago, the city of my heart, and the city with a
huge heart. Thank you for so generously sharing your time to
make this project a reality. Please know that I will be with
you in my thoughts and that I look forward to hearing about
the progress that you are making.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Rodham Clinton Clinton
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HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WOMEN'S PARK OF CHICAGO
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Nadine Arroyo
Advisory Council on Latino Affairs
Nofa Haleem Atawneh
Advisory Council on Arab Affairs
Marcy Baim
Keith - Joy Darrow House
Tracy Baim
Keith - Joy Darrow House and
Publisher, Lambda Publications
Melissa Barber
Chicago Women in Trades
Ida Bialik
Women in Business Yellow Pages
Janet Bloch
WomenMade Gallery
Sarah E. Bogan
National Society of Colonial Dames of America in
Illinois
Nancy Chen
Women's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Ann Christophersen
Women and Children First Bookstore
Betsy Ebeling
Chicago Office of Tourism
Joan Hill
Advisory Council on African Affairs
Jean Hunt
Women's History Project
Njoki Kamu
Northwestern University Women's Center
Hazel King
H.A. King & Associates
CC. Krohne
Chicago Women's Labor History Project
Micki Leventhal
Glessner House Museum
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Cece Lobin
Chicago Commission on Human Relations
Advisory Council on Women
Barbara Lynne
Near South Planning Board
Harriet Marty
Musicians Club of Women
Marcia Medema
Midwest Women's Center
Nour Michael
Advisory Council on Arab Affairs
Beate Minkovski
WomenMade Gallery
Cindy Mitchell
Friends of the Parks
Mary Morten
Chicago Commission on Human Relations
Advisory Council on Gay and Lesbian Issues
Betsy Norton
National Society of Colonial Dames
of America in Illinois
Diana Palomar
Advisory Council on Latino Affairs
Sally L. Park
International Women Associates
Laura Raimondi
Architect
Hedy Ratner
Women's Business Development Center
Walidah Sherman
Women's Resource Center
Virginia Stewart
Glessner House Museum
Ellie Thompson
Musicians Club of Women
Manny Tuteur
Coalition for Labor Union Women
Sondra Varco
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
Jennifer Vidis
Cook County Women's Commission
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WOMEN'S PARK OF CHICAGO
(Confirmations 35 of 1-20-98)
Nadine Arroyo
5626 S. Green
Chicago, 0 60621
Nofa Haleem Atawneh
9033 S. Parkside
Oaklawn, II 60453
Marcy Baim
312/326-2923
1900 S. Prairic Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Tracy Baim
773/871-7610
Publisher and Managing Editor
773/871-7609 (fax)
Lambda Publications, inc.
1115 West Belmont, Suite 2.D
Chicago, II 60657
Melissa Barber
Chicago Women in Trades
220 $. Ashland #101
Chicago, II 50507
Ida Bialik
Women in Business Yellow Pages
819 S. Wabash #606
Chicago. II 60605
Janet Bloch
312/328-0038
Co-Director
312/328-1108 (fax)
WomenMade Gallery
1900 South Prairie Ave.
Chicago, " 50616
Sarah Bogan
773/327-0684
President
773/327-0723 (fax)
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in The State of Illinois
2500 North Lakeview #3103
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Nancy Chen
USDOR Women's Bursau
230 S. Dearborn, #1022
Chicago, II. 60604
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WOMEN'S PARK OF CHICAGO
(Confirmations as of 1-20-98)
Nadine Arroyo
5626 S. Green
Chicago, 11 60621
Nofa Haleem Atawnen
9033 S. Parkside
Oaklawn, II 60453
Marcy Baim
312/326-2923
1900 S. Prairie Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Tracy Baim
773/871-7610
Publisher and Managing Editor
773/871-7609 (fax)
Lambda Publications, inc.
1115 West Belmont, Suize 2.D
Chicago, 11 60657
Melissa Barber
Chicago Woman in Trades
220 S. Ashland #101
Chicago, II 60607
Ida Bialik
Women in Business Yellow Pages
819 S. Wabash #506
Chicago, II 80605
Janet Bloch
312/328-0038
Co-Director
312/328-1108 (fax)
WomenMade Gallery
1900 South Prairie Ave.
Chicago, II 60616
Sarah Bogan
773(327-0684
President
773/327-0723 (fax)
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in The State of Illinois
2500 North Lakeview #3103
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Nancy Chen
USDOR Women's Bureau
230 S. Dearborn, #1022
Chicago, II. 60604
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Ann Christophersen, Co -owner
773/769-9299
Women and Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark
Chicago, II 60640
Betsy Ebeling
Chicago Office of Tourism
Department of Cultural Affairs
78 East Washington
Chicago, Illinois 60602
312/744-9350
Joan Hill
1081 W. 108 St.
Chicago, II 60643
(African Council)
Jean Hunt
312/938-0990
Womens History Project
400 East Randolph, suite 3910
Chicago, II 60601
Njoki Kamu
2142 Maple
Evanston, If. 60201
(African Council)
CC Krohne
847/952-0950
Chicago Womens Labor History Project
310 S. Beau Drive n
Des Plaines, 11 60018
Micki Leventhal
312/326-1480
Program Director
312/326-1397 (fax)
Prairie House Museums
1800 South Prairie Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Cece Lobin, Director
312/744-4113
Women's Council
Human Relations Commission
City of Chicago
510 N. Peshtigo Court
Chicago, II. 60611
Barbara Lynne, Executive Director
Near South Planning Board
1727 South Indiana Avenue, #104
Chicago, Illinois 60516
Harriet Marty co-director
708/442-9453
Musicians Club of Women
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239 Scattswood Road
Riverside, Illinois 60548
Marcia Medema, Executive Director
Midwest Womens Center
312/922-8530
202 S. State, Suite 900
Chicago, Il 60605
Nour Michael
3940 W. 82nd Place
Chicago, II 60652
Beste Minkovski
Co-Director
WomenMade Gallary
1900 South Prairie Ave.
Chicago, II 60616
Cynthia Mitchell
312/944-4331
121 West Delaware Place
Chicago. Illinais 60610 (7)
Mary Mortan
Advisory Council on Gay & Lesbian Issues
510 N. Peshtigo Court, 6A
Chicago, = 60611
Sally L Park. President
312/263-1421
The International Wemen Associates, Inc.
312/263/1451 (fax)
230 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2110
Chicago, Il 60601
Diana Palomar
2241 W. Irving Park
Chicago, II 60518
Laura Ralmondi, Architect
53 W. Jackson
Chicago, II.
Hedy Ratner
Co-Director
Women's Business Development Center
8 S. Michigan
Suice 400
Chicago, = 60603
Walidah Sherman
Women's Resource Center
401 E. 32rd #814
Chicago, n 60615
Ellie Thompson
312/951-5190
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Musicians Club of Women
1440 N. State Parkway, #14C
Chicago, Illinois 60610
Manny Tuteur
UNITE
333 5. Ashland
Chicago, II 60607
Sondra Varce
312/326-0270
Executive Director
312/326-9767 (fax)
National Viernam Veterans Art Museum
1801 South Indiana
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Jennifer Vidis
Cook County Womens Commission
69 W. Washington, #2900
Chicago, II. 60602
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