Prepared as a special project by Architecture, Art History, and Urban
Planning Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago in cooperation
with the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, City of Chicago, in
commemoration of the One Hundred and Sixtieth anniversary -- the Fourth of
July 1996 -- of the ground breaking of the Illinois and Michigan Canal at
Canal Port (later called Bridgeport), the Fourth of July 1836.
Martin S. Jaffe, Associate Professor
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (M/C 348)
1152C2 BSB, 1007 West Harrison street
Chicago, Illinois 60607 mjaffe@uic.edu
Robert Bruegmann, Professor
Department of Art History (M/C 201)
College of Art and Architecture
202B HH, 935 West Harrison street
Chicago, Illinois 60607 BBrueg@uic.edu
Guest Speakers
Timothy Barton
Commission on Chicago Landmarks
Roberta Deering,
Illinois State Historic Preservation office
Vince Michael
Canal Corridor Association
Andrew Norman,
Chicago Department of Planning
Charles Thurow
Deputy Commissioner, Landmarks Division
Also special thanks for technical support
goes to the UIC Academic Data Network Computer Center
Bob Goldstein, World Wide Web development
Margaret Bird, Client Services Office