Modern Monday--Although built in 1975, the Oak Park Village Hall was officially listed by the National Park Service on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25. Designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Harry Weese & Associates, the building reflects Weese’s modern design influence, with its open plan representing open government. The building, in addition to being the center of Oak Park’s municipal administration, is historically significant in Oak Park’s efforts to achieve racial integration and community stabilization during the 1970s. The construction of Village Hall played a key role in Oak Park’s struggle to break the downward spiral of white flight from re-segregation and led Oak Park to become a model integrated community. The pioneering and continuing success of the Village of Oak Park in the Chicago region received national attention for the way it inspired and sustained racial integration. More: tinyurl/m8bc66p
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:00:02 +0000
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