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Louis Sullivan at 150 Years
Celebrating Louis Sullivan's 150th Anniversary

In 2006, the Chicago History Museum led a six-week series of public programs to mark the 150th anniversary of Louis Sullivan's birth. The culminating event was the Louis Sullivan at 150 International Symposium, held at the Museum. Click here to access audio recordings of the symposium presentations, including the keynote address by Jean-Louis Cohen.

This website serves as a record of the celebration and provides an extensive overview of Louis Sullivan's life and career. Click here to find out more about the programs held throughout Chicago to mark Sullivan's sesquicentennial.

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October 9, 2006

What: Louis Sullivan & the Dream of an American Architecture

When: 6:00 p.m.

Where: Rudolph Ganz Recital Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue

Description: David Garrard Lowe is a frequent lecturer at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art & the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, and is author of numerous books, including Lost Chicago; Chicago Interiors; Stanford White's New York & Art Deco New York. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and House & Garden. He is President of the Beaux Arts Alliance. Rudolph Ganz Recital Hall, 7th Floor, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue

Mr. Lowe's lecture is free, but seating is limited, so reservations are required. Please call 312-341-9668 for the lecture only.

Mr. Lowe's lecture will be followed by dinner served in the beautifully restored Sullivan Room of Roosevelt University (formerly the Ladies' Parlor of the Auditorium Hotel). Our meal will feature a seasonal menu inspired by dishes of the period from the Auditorium Hotel Dining Room. Appropriate dress is requested. Dinner is $60 per person. Please call 312-431-2387 to make your dinner reservation or visit www.auditoriumtheatre.org and click on "Sullivan-150 Series" to download a reservation form. Dinner reservations & payment MUST BE RECEIVED by Monday October 2, 2006. Presented by the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, through the generous support of Mr. Seymour Persky.


World's Columbian Exposition,
Transportation Building, 1893
R&B Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago

This site is supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.