Tour of Oak Park

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Time: October 6, 2012 from 11am to 3pm
Location: Scoville Park
Street: At Scoville Park at the corner of Oak Park and Lake Street just south of the Fountain in Oak Park
City/Town: Oak Park
Website or Map: http://goo.gl/maps/CG0Ce
Phone: 773-255-6347
Event Type: fun, architecture, history
Organized By: Lee Diamond
Latest Activity: Oct 7, 2012

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For six years, I have lead tours through over 25 different communities out of Chicago’s 77 different community areas, growing in number each year. One of the most frequent questions I receive is when was I going to do a suburban tour? The simple answer is: October 6, 2012 at 11:00 AM

I am proud to partner with the BBC (British Bicycles of Chicago) to bring you an architectural and historical bike tour of the Village of Oak Park, our first venture into the ‘burbs, to be followed by one new suburb a year and the beginning of their rotation in the overall tour schedule.

With a population of over 50,000, it is one of the largest municipalities in the state. It is the perfect suburb for architecture fans. It boasts the largest concentration of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings anywhere in the world, as well as a stunning array of Prairie School buildings and wonderful Victorians from other architecture luminaries such as E. E. Roberts, Charles White Jr., John Van Bergen, Tallmadge and Watson, and George Maher. The village boasts one of the most densely packed tours we have ever offered.

This tour would not have been possible without the help of Garth Katner of the BBC and without our inspiration from Philander Barclay, a bike repair shop owner who cycled the city taking photographs of the buildings and people of Oak Park and River Forest. First he began collecting photos in the 1880s and by 1902 started taking his own pictures, many of which are now in the collection of the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. He is the perfect muse for this venture.

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Comment by globalguy on October 7, 2012 at 4:36am: A fantastic day with 47 fine ladies and gents! Many thanks to Lee, our erstwhile organizer; Gabe and Willow, our most determined corkers; and Alan, our unfazed documentarian!

Comment by Donna Nitz on October 6, 2012 at 3:45pm: Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Comment by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on October 6, 2012 at 3:04pm: By all accounts, it was a successful bust out of the city. Well done sir.

Comment by Alan Lloyd on October 6, 2012 at 1:56pm: My pictures ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26361775@N02/sets/72157631708361359/

Comment by Alan Lloyd on October 6, 2012 at 1:37pm: And the route we actually rode, including the ride from and back to Erin's & Garth's house ...

http://ridewithgps.com/trips/962049

Comment by Lee Diamond on October 5, 2012 at 7:47am: Route:

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/140581767

Comment by Donna Nitz on October 1, 2012 at 8:49am: So sad i can't attend the oak park tour

Comment by Alan Lloyd on September 18, 2012 at 6:26am: That's OK Lee, just the tour will do for now ...

Comment by Lee Diamond on September 18, 2012 at 6:15am: Should work now. Sorry for that. I can refund your other order if you like and you can then do the tour and poster one if you prefer it.

Cheers - Lee

Comment by Alan Lloyd on September 18, 2012 at 5:45am: The Buy Tour & Poster link doesn't take you to a specific PayPal destination, so I just went with the $9 Buy Tour ...

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