A Private, Guided El Tour of Chicago's Neighborhoods
Led by
Henry Binford
April 25, 2010
1-4 pm
An award-winning lecturer and urban historian, Northwestern University Professor Henry Binford specializes in the nineteenth century evolution of sub-communities within cities, including suburbs and slums. He is also interested in efforts to redevelop cities in the twentieth century. His publications include The First Suburbs: Residential Communities on the Boston Periphery, 1815-1860. He has received research support from the National Humanities Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Newberry Library. He is a frequent commentator on Chicago public radio and a very popular lecturer.
The round-trip tour departs from the Davis Street El stop in Evanston.
Ample parking is available in the city garage.
Tickets are $150 per person for the exclusive event.
Seating is limited.
Ticket sales will help replace the windows at the Settlement House
in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Evanston Woman’s Board