Building Modern South Suburban Communities: The Work of McPherson, Swing & Associates

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Adults
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Although under-recognized among his contemporaries today, architect John McPherson, AIA (1908-1970) and his firm McPherson, Swing & Associates, completed diverse and extensive postwar community building work throughout Chicago’s south suburbs and beyond. Through this work, McPherson understood pressing postwar building needs and saw the opportunity for developing entire communities from scratch in the south suburbs.

The heart of the talk will focus on McPherson’s work, from early challenges to his modernist vision for these new communities to the addition of his partner Jack Swing, AIA (1924-2014) and the firm’s strategic expansion to design the schools, public libraries, fire stations, and other municipal and commercial buildings that made the south suburbs thriving postwar communities.

This event is co-sponsored by the Southland Collective of Mid-Century Modern (SoCoMCM).

Registration is not required.

 

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