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Forty-five to fifty volunteers from Progress Through
Preservation, Akron Garden Club, Keep Akron Beautiful, Frito
Lay and a University of Akron fraternity worked in chilly but not
rainy weather to reveal, once again, the beauty of the
especially helpful.
Frito Lay donated snacks and a number of PTP members
brought chili and other refreshments. Although many
volunteers left at noon, many of the fraternity, Bill Hahn (Akron
City Arborist) and PTP members stayed until 2:00 p.m.
About a dozen trees were removed and the goal is to remove
another 15 – 20 on either side of the steps to thin the canopy
by half so the sun can get down to the ground cover. There
were 12 flats of Ivy planted on the upper right side. The
burning bushes were cut down to 18 – 24” so they can renew
in the spring and can be kept waist to chest high for safety
reasons.
Tour to Springfield, Ohio and Beyond
Co-Sponsored by:
Progress Through Preservation and The Hower House
Victorians
Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26, 2007
Preservation friends journeyed on this exploration of
interesting architecture in the Springfield, Ohio area. Our
group visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1908 Westcott House
which is the singular example of Wright’s Prairie style work in
Ohio. Akron’s own Lauren Burge, Principal of Chambers,
Murphy & Burge Restoration Architects, served as lead
architect on the restoration of Westcott House. Other sites in
Springfield that were included in the tour were the newly
renovated Springfield Art Museum and The Heritage Center of
Clark County. This 1890 structure once housed municipal
offices and an opera house. We saw buildings on the
campus of Wittenberg University and the Pennsylvania House
Museum among other delights in Springfield.
All meals were included except for the stop on the way home
on Friday. One of our lunch venues was an 1860s
schoolhouse.
On the way home on Friday we visited the Piatt Castles in
West Liberty and the Holland Theatre in Bellefontaine. The
Holland was built in 1931 and is the only Dutch themed
theatre in the United States.
The tour included:
Preservation, Akron Garden Club, Keep Akron Beautiful, Frito
Lay and a University of Akron fraternity worked in chilly but not
rainy weather to reveal, once again, the beauty of the
especially helpful.
Frito Lay donated snacks and a number of PTP members
brought chili and other refreshments. Although many
volunteers left at noon, many of the fraternity, Bill Hahn (Akron
City Arborist) and PTP members stayed until 2:00 p.m.
About a dozen trees were removed and the goal is to remove
another 15 – 20 on either side of the steps to thin the canopy
by half so the sun can get down to the ground cover. There
were 12 flats of Ivy planted on the upper right side. The
burning bushes were cut down to 18 – 24” so they can renew
in the spring and can be kept waist to chest high for safety
reasons.
Tour to Springfield, Ohio and Beyond
Co-Sponsored by:
Progress Through Preservation and The Hower House
Victorians
Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26, 2007
Preservation friends journeyed on this exploration of
interesting architecture in the Springfield, Ohio area. Our
group visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1908 Westcott House
which is the singular example of Wright’s Prairie style work in
Ohio. Akron’s own Lauren Burge, Principal of Chambers,
Murphy & Burge Restoration Architects, served as lead
architect on the restoration of Westcott House. Other sites in
Springfield that were included in the tour were the newly
renovated Springfield Art Museum and The Heritage Center of
Clark County. This 1890 structure once housed municipal
offices and an opera house. We saw buildings on the
campus of Wittenberg University and the Pennsylvania House
Museum among other delights in Springfield.
All meals were included except for the stop on the way home
on Friday. One of our lunch venues was an 1860s
schoolhouse.
On the way home on Friday we visited the Piatt Castles in
West Liberty and the Holland Theatre in Bellefontaine. The
Holland was built in 1931 and is the only Dutch themed
theatre in the United States.
The tour included:
 | motor coach transportation | |
| hotel accommodations, one night | |
| four meals | |
| all admissions and tips | |
| wonderful traveling companions | |
taken after 15 minutes of
work on the Glendale
Steps.
work on the Glendale
Steps.
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