Crombie Taylor, Aaron Siskind, and the Adler and Sullivan Project 2008

August 3, 2008, Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond visited this special exhibit at Crown Hall, IIT curated by John Vinci and Jeffrey Plank. The exhibit documents the important contributions of Taylor and Siskind in their preservation of Sullivan’s then-neglected buildings. Included are Sullivan stencil panels created by Taylor used in restoration of the Sullivan buildings.

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Justine Jentes of the Mies van der Rohe Society and Catherine Bruck of IIT

Justine gave an introduction before we toured the exhibit

CBB members turned out in full force for the event

Crown Hall makes a perfect exhibit space

The ornate Sullivan stencils were juxtaposed with the minimalist Crombe Taylor
architecture photos

a CBB member brought in this magazine showing a house the Crombe Taylor designed
for her

The house is located in Beverly Shores, Indiana and has been preserved.