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Audio tour added to CAF ‘Model City’ exhibition
(Above) Marina City at 1/600th actual size, with 330 North Wabash at left. (Click on image to view larger version.) January 20, 2010 – It wasn’t enough for the Chicago Architecture Foundation to recreate all of downtown Chicago in the atrium of the Santa Fe Building. Now they have added a collection of audio tours. The 25 x 35-foot scale model, said to be popular with residents and tourists, has been on display since June 2009. Last November, the exhibition was extended to November 2010. Recorded by urban planners, architects, historians, and CAF docents, the 50-minute audio tour consists of 23 different tracks that coordinate with stopping points along the exhibit. Topics include the making of the model, neighborhoods near downtown, and how Chicago streets got their names. Listening devices can be rented for $5 ($3 for members) from the shop at the non-profit CAF in the Santa Fe Building on South Michigan Avenue. The audio tracks can also be downloaded for free from iTunes. Here are a few that caught our ear… The Chicago Model (0:53). Lynn Osmond, Chicago Architecture Foundation president, on the Chicago model and its future. Making the Chicago Model (1:59). Catherine Tinker and John Welin, Columbian Model and Exhibit Works, on the making of the Chicago Model. Lighting the Model (1:34). Avraham Mor, Lightswitch Architectural, on the lighting design of Chicago Model City. Millennium Park (1:32). Linda Marcus, Chicago Architecture Foundation docent, on the unexpected success of Millennium Park. Chicago River (1:48). Tom Carmichael, Chicago Architecture Foundation docent, on city growth along the Chicago River. The L (2:55) by Graham Garfield, Chicago Transit Authority. Remembering Cabrini-Green (1:48). Raymond Gunn, former resident of Cabrini-Green on life in the public housing development. Web site:
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