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Reading & Writing Chicago Style V

Professor Bill Savage of Northwestern University will give a talk as part of a fundraiser to support North Shore Kiwanis Club (Andersonville, Edgewater, and Uptown). The presentation will explore a little known aspect of Chicago history, as as Professor Savage writes:

Everyone (or everyone whos read The Devil in the White City) knows that the history of Chicago was fundamentally changed in 1909, with the publication of Daniel Burnhams monumental Plan of Chicago, the text which inspired the City Beautiful Movement and which has justified generations of urban planning in Chicago. But far fewer people realize that another event that yearthe regularization of Chicagos street numbering systemhad far greater effects on the lives of everyday Chicagoans. Edward Brennan, a private citizen and street-level gadfly, convinced the City of Chicago to make State and Madison Streets the east-west and north-south axes of our city, and every address in town tells you how far you are from our urban epicenter. Brennan helped make the City Logical. This talk will explore who he was, how he did it, and how quirks in the system expose the history of the city, beautiful, ugly, and everything in between.

This event will take on Tuesday, Oct. 13 from 7-9 at the Swedish American Museum (5211 N. Clark St. Parking is available at the museums parking lot on the NE corner of Foster & Ashland). There will be sandwiches, desserts, and beverages.

All proceeds from this event will go to support North Shore Kiwanis Clubs education programs which support students at Goudy, Hayt, Peirce & Swift Schools.

Tickets are $35 and may be purchased online or at the door.