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Prize Homes:

Chicago’s Forgotten Architectural Competition

Siobhan Moroney

Free event, at Cliff Dwellers
Wednesday April 24, optional dinner 5:15, Presentation 6:15pm

“ Chicagoland Dream Houses is an engaging addition to the growing body of scholarship concerning Chicago’s twentieth-century residential landscape characterized by a diverse group of architects and builders.”--Michelangelo Sabatino

Moroney is an associate professor of Politics at Lake Forest College. Her research on vernacular home architecture and familial relations led her to uncover the Chicagoland Prize Homes competition sponsored by the Chicago Tribune, and her 2024 book is a history of that competition.

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