The Design Studio: Not Just “Playing with Legos”
By Linda S. Englund, VEV We all know how much fun it is to build with Legos in our Design Studio. I have marveled at the creations visitors make every…
VEV Chair’s Message – February 2017
Greetings fellow volunteers, Can you believe it is February already! Remember when we were kids in school and for those of us in the Chicago-area, the February doldrums of gray…
Transitions and Milestones – January 2017
by Diane Wagner, 2005 We docents chat up perfect strangers and think nothing of it. Indeed, many of us think it’s part of the job as it’s a fine way…
Core Tour Directors – Core Tour Training Procedure
In order to coordinate space, personnel, and resources for core tour trainings, a new procedure has been initiated. Whenever tour directors of core tours wish to offer training for existing…
VEVs and The Model
By Chris Wilson and Alice Walker The model of downtown Chicago that stands in the atrium of the Railway Exchange Building often collects a crowd. Fortunately, a Visitor Experience Volunteer…
Building Buzz, January, 2017: What’s in a Name?
By Leslie Clark Lewis, Class of 2009 Northwest - Coyote - Robey The Northwest Tower, the 12-story Art Deco office building by Perkins, Chatten and Hammond, has stood sentry at…
President’s Message, January 2017
Happy New Year to all docents from the 2017 Docent Council and from me, its president. I would like to start my term in office with deep and heartfelt gratitude…
Harvey Goldman, VEV – World-Traveling Volunteer
By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 “I talked with a young Italian woman who was admiring the Chicago model in the lobby,” says Harvey Goldman, a VEV (Visitor Experience Volunteer).…
Trivia – January 2017
THE GUARDSMEN. These figures stand guard protecting our buildings. Where are they located, what are their names, and who are the artists that created these works of art? Please send…
Mies’s Gas Station for the Ages
By Bill Shapiro, Class of 2000 On a recent trip to Montreal, my wife and I paid a visit to what is probably the most unusual work connected with Mies…