BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:February 27 | 5:30 PMAlthough under-recognized among his contem poraries today\, architect \;John McPherson\, AIA \;(1908-1970) an d his firm \;McPherson\, Swing &\; Associates\, completed diverse a nd extensive postwar community building work throughout Chicago&rsquo\;s s outh suburbs and beyond. Through this work\, McPherson understood pressing postwar building needs and saw the opportunity for developing entire comm unities from scratch in the south suburbs.Join AIA Chicago for a presentat ion about this important architect.The heart of the talk will focus on McP herson&rsquo\;s work\, from early challenges to his modernist vision for t hese new communities to the addition of his partner \;Jack Swing\, AIA  \;(1924-2014) and the firm&rsquo\;s strategic expansion to design the schools\, public libraries\, fire stations\, and other municipal and comm ercial buildings that made the south suburbs thriving postwar communities.  \;Register.  \;Speaker: Marcy DiniusMarcy DiniusProfessor\, DePau l UniversityMarcy J. Dinius is Professor of English and American Studies a t DePaul University. Her research focuses on the means and limits of aesth etic and political representation and on the intersection and interaction of print and other forms of human understanding in times of transition. He r previous publications include \;The Camera and the Press: American V isual and Print Culture in the Age of the Daguerreotype \;(University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2012) and \;The Textual Effects of David Walke r&rsquo\;s Appeal: Print-Based Activism Against Slavery\, Racism\, and Dis crimination\, 1829-1851 \;(Penn Press\, 2022). She has shifted her foc us to the mid-twentieth century and is working on books about the communit y building work of two Chicago area architects\, Y. C. Wong and John V. Mc Pherson. DTEND:20250228T003000Z DTSTAMP:20250313T130329Z DTSTART:20250227T233000Z LOCATION:IL\,United States\,Chicago\,AIA Chicago\, 35 East Wacker Drive sui te 250 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Building Modern South Suburban Communities: The Work of McPherson\, Swing & Associates UID:RFCALITEM638774678092557774 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

February 27 | 5:30 PM

Although under- recognized among his contemporaries today\, architect \;John McPherson \, AIA \;(1908-1970) and his firm \;McPherson\, Swing &\; Assoc iates\, completed diverse and extensive postwar community building work th roughout Chicago&rsquo\;s south suburbs and beyond. Through this work\, Mc Pherson understood pressing postwar building needs and saw the opportunity for developing entire communities from scratch in the south suburbs.

< p>Join AIA Chicago for a presentation about this important architect.

< p>The heart of the talk will focus on McPherson&rsquo\;s work\, from early challenges to his modernist vision for these new communities to the addit ion of his partner \;Jack Swing\, AIA \;(1924-2014) and the firm&r squo\;s strategic expansion to design the schools\, public libraries\, fir e stations\, and other municipal and commercial buildings that made the so uth suburbs thriving postwar communities. \;

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Speaker: Marcy Dinius

< p>Marcy Dinius
Professor\, DePaul University

Marcy J. Dinius is Professor of English and American Studies at DePaul University. Her resea rch focuses on the means and limits of aesthetic and political representat ion and on the intersection and interaction of print and other forms of hu man understanding in times of transition. Her previous publications includ e \;The Camera and the Press: American Visual and Print Culture in the Age of the Daguerreotype \;(University of Pennsylvania Press \, 2012) and \;The Textual Effects of David Walker&rsquo\;s Appeal : Print-Based Activism Against Slavery\, Racism\, and Discrimination\, 182 9-1851 \;(Penn Press\, 2022). She has shifted her focus to the mi d-twentieth century and is working on books about the community building w ork of two Chicago area architects\, Y. C. Wong and John V. McPherson.

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