The Realization of the 1909 Plan of Chicago, Part 2
By Maurice Champagne, Class of 2004 Of his six “principal elements”, Burnham listed “The improvement of the Lake front” as the first one, suggesting its importance to the Plan of…
EMILY LEADS TOUREES FROM THE PEDWAY up to the lobby of the Richard J. Daley Center. (Photo/Hoffmann)
Emily Clott, 2012: Francophone and Docentophile
By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 The Chicago pedway’s in the news, particularly in the Chicago Tribune. Including an article in June 21, 2015, “Unraveling the Hidden Secrets of Chicago Pedway”; followed…
Docent Council President’s Message – February 2014
Hello everyone. While we patiently wait for a thaw and the switch to our spring tour schedule, I thought I would take some time to let you know what has…
Training for New Exhibit Hosts and Insider Guide to the Galleries
We will be hosting a training for new Exhibit Hosts on March 11 and 12, 9am-3pm. If you are interested in attending (or know someone who might make a great…
Exhibit Host Update-2.15.2019
New Gallery Activation These activations are in the Chicago Gallery and include three new ways to engage guests, particularly in relation to the Mapping Chicago wall and the Seeing Neighborhoods…
Transitions and Milestones – February 2019
By Diane Wagner, Class of 2005 Two docents from the 2015 class have been celebrating their first-learned tour, Historic Treasures, in a lovely manner! Siobhan Hartsell was really busy last…
February News from The CAC
Chicago Architecture Center Gets Its Third Award Since opening its doors to the public, the Center has received its third award. The 2018 AIA Illinois Richard Nickel Award for (non-architect)…
The Realization of the 1909 Plan of Chicago, Part 1
By Maurice Champagne, Class of 2004 Daniel Burnham’s name is known far beyond the confines of Chicago. His city planning projects include Manila and Bagulo in the Philippines and others…
Volunteer Chair’s Message – February 2019
“Team=Together everyone achieves more.” Chuck Eiden, CAC Exhibit Host Chuck’s observation provided an astute summary of the group conversation during our January Volunteer Steering Committee meeting. After five months of…
New GTS for Docents and Guest Services
Due to FCC regulations, we are no longer able to use our current GTS devices. Our GTS provider, Antenna International, ran into production issues with the devices we were supposed…
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