UPCOMING
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth Screening and Panel Discussion
Details here.
February 3, 2012
PAST
Tour of Pruitt-Igoe for ASLA – St. Louis
Photos and a recap available here.
December 2, 2011
Off Limits: St. Louis
The Travel Channel’s Off Limits program visits St. Louis for a look at hidden and forbidden places. Michael R. Allen is the guide to the Cotton Belt Freight Depot.
November 3, 2011
Washington University Parents’ Weekend
Annual bus tour of the city led by Michael R. Allen.
October 22, 2011
Mobile Workshop: South Grand
Michael R. Allen was a tour guide for a mobile workshop at the American Planning Association – Missouri conference.
October 21, 2011
Gateway To Modernism: Modern Architecture Tour of St. Louis City & County
Sponsored by Modern STL. The tour, narrated by ModernSTL board members Toby Weiss and Michael R. Allen, will highlight outstanding examples of mid-century modern architecture in the Metro St. Louis region, driving through and stopping at spiritual, commercial and residential sites. Details here.
October 8, 2011
Walking Tour of the North Riverfront
PRO is partnering with Citizens for Modern Transit to offer a walking tour of one of the city’s most interesting industrial historic districts. The tour is for participants in the Ten Toe Express, and there is a fee. To register or learn more go here.
September 22, 2011
Pruitt-Igoe Walking Tour
For the American culture Studies program at Washington University in St. Louis. Join architectural historian and co-organizer of the “Pruitt-Igoe Now” design competition Michael Allen as we re-visit the area of the infamous housing project and examine how the local urban scene has (or has not) changed in the years since its downfall.
September 16, 2011
The State of St. Louis’ Mid-Century Modern Legacy
On Thursday, September 7, AIA St. Louis kicked off this year’s Continuing Education series with a session on “Our Mid-Century Modern Legacy.” Michael Allen opened the event with a talk that examined recent threats as well as case studies in success like the owner-driven National Register of Historic Places nominations for Ladue Estates and Stonebrook. Michael was followed by Chicago preservation architect Gunny Harboe, principal of Harboe Architects. Harboe discussed Chicago’s biggest current threat, Bertrand Goldberg’s Prentice Hospital, as well as several rehabilitation projects for Mies Van Der Rohe buildings in Chicago.
September 7, 2011
Pruitt-Igoe Panel Discussion
Mission St. Louis screened The Pruitt-Igoe Myth and followed the screening with a panel discussion on the housing project that included Ron Haynes, Sabrine Rhodes, Paul Fehler and PRO Director Michael R. Allen.
August 7, 2011
Public Housing in St. Louis: Vanishing Mid-Century Modern Architecture
Modern STL and the Architecture Section of the St. Louis Artists’ Guild present a lecture by Michael Allen and Lynn Josse.
June 23, 2011
From Louis Sullivan to Philip Johnson: A Look At St. Louis Commercial Architecture
Lynn Josse and Michael R. Allen led a bus tour for the St. Louis Art Museum’s Friends of American Art and Design group.
May 21, 2011
A Tour of the Pruitt-Igoe Site
(Preceded by picnic at vacant lot on corner of 14th & Cass, 6:00 p.m.) In its third year, the Chautauqua Art Lab (CQAL) is a week-long grassroots citywide arts festival, free university and art parade. On Monday, May 9th, they are hosting tours of the north side, and architectural history expert Michael Allen will lead a tour of the Pruitt-Igoe site at 7:00pm. The event is free. Details here.
May 9, 2011
The Pleasure of the Landscape: Placemaking and Identity in the St. Louis Place Neighborhood
Fontbonne University presents this lecture at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 28 at the university’s Library. Michael R. Allen offers a critical examination of efforts to reframe the identity of the St. Louis Place neighborhood on the city’s near north side.
April 28, 2011
East St. Louis at 150 (St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio)
Debra Moore, Billie Turner, Andrew Theising and PRO’s Michael Allen joined “St Louis on the Air” host Don Marsh to discuss the new book The Making of an All-America City: East St. Louis at 1450.
April 20, 2011
Built to Last: An Architectural History of St. Louis
Michael R. Allen led a bus tour of the city for the Missouri History Museum.
April 16, 2011
UMSL South Campus Tour
Lynn Josse will lead a walking tour of UMSL’s South Campus, formerly the Marillac College and today the home of the university’s Honors College. Learn of the architects, movements, and changes that have shaped the built environment of UMSL’s south campus and their importance in the region’s architectural legacy. The tour will begin and end at the Provincial House Common Room, UMSL South Campus, at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 16.
April 16, 2011
An Evening With Alderman Antonio French
Michael R. Allen was a panelist at this event, sponsored by City Affair.
April 7, 2011
North Riverfront Tour
Michael Allen led a private tour of the industrial north riverfront for the Business History Conference.
April 1, 2011
Three Mid-Century Modern Houses in St. Louis
Lecture by Michael R. Allen at Cafe DeMenil, 3352 DeMenil Place. Starts at 11:00 a.m.
March 30, 2011
Lost St. Louis? (Collateral Damage, KDHX FM)
Michael Allen joined Collateral Damage and host DJ Wilson to discuss the glut of vacant property in the city and what is being done about it.
March 28, 2011
Open/Closed: Exploring Vacant Land in St. Louis
PRO Director Michael R. Allen will be a panelist at this conference.
March 18-19, 2011
St Louis Mythory Tour
March 18, 2011
Recent St. Louis Historic Districts
Lynn Josse presented a talk about the Oak Hill, Liggett & Myers and Reber Place historic districts as part of Cafe DeMenil’s lunch lecture series.
March 2, 2011
St. Louis Place Historic District Project Public Meeting
February 4, 2011
Making Parks in the Central City: The Evolution of the Gateway Mall
Paper by Michael R. Allen included in the panel “Public Space and the Problem of Solidarity” at the Collective Memory in St. Louis Symposium, Fontbonne University
October 22, 2010
Architectural Tour of the Industrial North Riverfront
October 9, 2010 (part of Open Streets)
Lecture: Modernism and the Rise of the Early St. Louis Preservation Movement
Michael R. Allen gave the lecture as part of Landmarks Association of St. Louis‘s Mid-Century Modern Masters series.
September 12, 2010
Southwest Garden Architectural Tour
Lynn Josse gave a bicycle tour of the neighborhood.
June 5, 2010
