Chicago prepares to celebrate architect Louis Sullivan's 150th birthday
For a guy born 150 years ago, architect Louis Sullivan has been in the
news a lot lately. Unfortunately, not much of it has been good news for
buildings designed by the man considered one of America's most
influential architects.
His Pilgrim Baptist Church, on Chicago's South Side, was devastated by
fire in January. His personal vacation bungalow on the Gulf Coast of
Mississippi was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina last year.
And Carson Pirie Scott announced last month that it is leaving
Sullivan's landmark State Street building, which has housed a department
store since it was built more than 100 years ago.
Well, at least fans of Sullivan, who was born Sept. 3, 1856 in Boston,
have a birthday to celebrate. And how many architects get a six-week
birthday celebration like the one that is kicking off this weekend in
Chicago?
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Some of the world's leading experts on Louis Sullivan will deliver
lectures to accompany documentaries about the nation's top architect of
the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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