On June 26, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts announced awards totaling $385,500 for 42 new grants to individuals. Among the selected projects to receive funding is the upcoming publication Building, Breaking, Rebuilding: The Illinois Institute of Technology Campus and Chicago's South Side.
Edited by SAH members Kevin Harrington, professor emeritus of architectural history at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and Michelangelo Sabatino, professor of architectural history and heritage at IIT, Building, Breaking, Rebuilding is part of a multifaceted academic and public history project consisting of the eponymous book, an exhibition, and a series of short films. Collectively, these three different facets—book, exhibition, and films—tell the stories of people and their experiences within and beyond the IIT campus and its Bronzeville neighborhood since the university’s opening in 1893.
Current and former SAH members are among the contributors to the project: Daniel Bluestone, Phillip Denny, Zaida Garcia-Requejo, Margaret Grubiak, Gunny Harboe, Thomas Leslie, Jeffrey Lieber, Arthur Miller, Paul V. Turner, William Tyre, and Charles Waldheim.
Read more on the Graham Foundation's website: http://grahamfoundation.org/grantees/6692-building-breaking-rebuilding-the-illinois-institute-of-technology-campus-and-chicago-s-south-side
