That's the "Miracle House" or "House of Tomorrow" designed by Edo J. Belli—the same architect who designed Cuneo Hospital at Montrose & Clarendon, which is currently the subject of a long-term preservation effort meant to find an adaptive reuse (see Friends of Cuneo: http://seeclickfix.com/issues/682239). The house was completed in spring of 1955 and built with donated ar
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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.
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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
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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
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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 Chica
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