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Summer Tours with Unity Temple Restoration Foundation

Saturday, June 22 :: Snapshot Architecture: Photo-Tour of Unity Temple with Designslinger.com :: 10-11:30 am

Join Jim Nedza of the blog Designslinger.com for a special in-depth photography tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's modern masterpiece. Jim once studied to be an architect, but honed his aesthetic skills working on feature films in Hollywood as an art director and set designer. Take a walk around and through Unity Temple, exploring the spaces and noticing unique angles that will produce inspiring photos. Jim will provide helpful hints on composition and technical specifications  no knowledge of photography is necessary. Check out examples of Jim's photos on Designslinger, where he posts daily about Chicago's architectre.

BYOC (bring your own camera  point and shoot, cell phone, or DSLR).

$45/person. Purchase tickets.

Friday, July 12 :: Garden Envy: A Tour of Rick Bayless's Garden :: 6 pm :: on-site in Bucktown

A BREAK::THE::BOX event

SOLD OUT. (Corrected phone number (708) 383-8873)

Chef Rick Bayless, owner of several of the most popular eating spots in Chicago, has created an enviable urban refuge that supplies fresh vegetables for his restaurants. Located on three adjacent lots in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, the organic garden serves as a working model for urban food production and demonstrates that gardens can be simultaneously functional and beautiful. Garden manager Bill Shores will lead the tour, rain or shine.

$30/UTRF members; $35/nonmemebers. 

Saturday, August 17 :: Preservation on Tap: Tour of Two Brothers Brewery Roundhouse in Aurora, IL :: 12:30 pm

A BREAK::THE::BOX event

Every building has a story to tell. Pull up a barstool. In 1856, the first roundhouse in America was built on the Fox River by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad to house and repair steam locomotives and railroad cars. In 1995, football Hall of Famer Walter Payton purchased it for $10. Today, it's the oldest limestone roundhouse in the U.S. and operates as a brewpub run by Jim and Jason Ebel of the Two Brothers Brewing Company. Join us to learn about the restoration of this important structure, its varied uses (past and present) and the beer-making process.

$18/UTRF members; $20/nonmembers. Purchase tickets.

Visit Unity Temple

Of the more than 1,100 buildings that Frank Lloyd Wright designed and the 500 that were built, Wright singled out Unity Temple as his "contribution to modern architecture." Unity Temple was Wright's first public commission and his first sacred space, and is the last-surviving public building from his legendary Prairie period.

Unity Temple welcomes visitors from all over the globe, seven days a week for self-guided and pre-arranged group tours.

Weekdays: 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 2 pm
Sunday: 1 to 4 pm