1. Modernizing Modernism:
Challenges with Preserving Post-War Buildings
Carol J. Dyson, AIA
National Historic Tax Credit Conference 2008 September 24-26, 2008, Chicago

2. Modernizing Modernism:
Carol J. Dyson, AIA
Senior Preservation Architect
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Springfield, IL 62712

3. “It’s not your Father’s Building any more”

4. New Materials and Systems
Glass
Curtain Walls
Concrete
Metals

5. New Building Typologies –
Lincoln Square, Urbana, Victor Gruen 1964
North Eighth Street Plaza, Pekin,

6. New Interiors – Open Plans – Office Partitions
Inland Steel, Chicago

7. New Assemblies – Windows - (and new research)

8. or Floors
“ We had an expert restore all the original shag carpeting. New Yorker cartoon July 21, 2008”

9. Illinois Case Studies Raymond Hilliard Housing, Chicago 1963
Promontory Apartments
North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 1951
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 1948-
Pacesetter Gardens, Riverdale, 1960
Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 Pacesetter Housing, Riverdale
Block and Kuhl storefront, Danville, 1948

10. Hilliard Housing, Chicago
Raymond M. Hilliard Center, Chicago, 1966 (by Bertrand Goldberg)

11. Hilliard Housing, Chicago

12. Hilliard Housing, Chicago

13. Hilliard Housing Grand Opening, Holstein, HUD, CHA, IDA, IHPA, Tenants, Press

14. Promontory Apartments
Promontory Apartments, Chicago, 1949 (Mies van der Rohe)

15. 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive - Condos
North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (by Mies van der Rohe), completed 1951

16. 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

17. 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago
Plans
N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

18. Illinois Institute of Technology: Mies van der Rohe
Crown Hall,

19. IIT CRB
Chemistry Research Building at IIT, (by Schmidt, Garden and Erikson)

20. Pacesetter, Riverdale
Pacesetter Gardens Housing Complex, Riverdale, 1960 (by Harry J. Quinn)
Part of the Illinois Campaign for Affordable Housing

21. Pacesetter Housing, Riverdale

22. Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 (by Victor Gruen)

23. Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 (by Victor Gruen)

24. Lincoln Square, an urban village
Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, 1964, Urbana,

25. Modernized Main Street (by Raymond Loewy)
Block and Kuhl storefront renovation, Danville, 1948 (by Raymond Loewy)

26. Block and Kuhl storefront, Danville, 1948 (by Raymond Loewy)

27. Lincoln Square Shopping Mall, Urbana, 1964 (by Victor Gruen)

28. Mid-Century Resources
Illinois-history.gov/ps/midcentury.htm

29. Mid-Century Storefronts Components Guide
Illinois-history.gov/ps/midcentury.htm

30. Thank You ! and now on to Allen and Inland Steel… Carol J. Dyson, AIA
Senior Preservation Architect
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Springfield, IL 62712