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Hull House building + Leo Lerner Theater, 4520 N. Beacon
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m.
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Date: May 28, 2013 04:57PM
The former Hull House building at 4520 N. Beacon has been bought by a developer who plans to radically alter it, though not tear it down. He plans to removed the Leo Lerner theater and reface in brick, adding height to facilitate turning the building in to apartments (article here: http://bit.ly/1311tHr). Can someone tell me more about the building itself? I think I remember from a Forgotten Chicago tour that it is one of the few examples of built architecture from an influential Chicago professor. Thanks for any info!
Re: Hull House building + Leo Lerner Theater, 4520 N. Beacon
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: June 02, 2013 06:04PM
[b]I'll look on google street.[/b]
Re: Hull House building + Leo Lerner Theater, 4520 N. Beacon
Posted by:
m.
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Date: June 09, 2013 11:12PM
A petition has been put on Change.org to save Hull House Theater that gives some background but no info on the architect per se: http://chn.ge/1bm7fVT
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/09/2013 11:13PM by m..
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/09/2013 11:13PM by m..
Re: Hull House building + Leo Lerner Theater, 4520 N. Beacon
Posted by:
m.
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Date: June 09, 2013 11:12PM
A petition has been put on Change.org to save Hull House Theater that gives some background but no info on the architect per se: http://chn.ge/1bm7fVT
Re: Hull House building + Leo Lerner Theater, 4520 N. Beacon
Posted by:
WayOutWardell
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Date: June 10, 2013 12:14AM
The only reference I can find dates it to 1966, with Bleck & Bleck as the listed architects. The firm still exists, but their website doesn't show any of the work from their archives.
Re: Hull House building + Leo Lerner Theater, 4520 N. Beacon
Posted by:
m.
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Date: June 10, 2013 07:33PM
Thanks so much, WayOutWardell. That's a start! It's so hard to get people to understand Modernist design much less things like great acoustics, so the more info re. the creators, the better.
