| Title: |
Ezra Gordon
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Art Institute of Chicago. Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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| Collection: |
Chicago Architects Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Gordon speaks about his childhood; his interest in social and political activism; serving in World War II; studying architecture at the University of Illinois; working for PACE Associates; his friendship with John Cordwell and working for the Chicago Plan Commission; working for Harry Weese, Weese's Arena Stage Theatre, Weese's United States Embassy in Accra, Ghana, and I.M. Pei and Harry Weese's redevelopment of Hyde Park, Chicago; his partnership with Jack Levin; designing The Commons, South Commons, Newberry Plaza, and the East Bank Club, all in Chicago; working with developers; issues in multi-family and high-rise housing; general reflections and opinions.
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| Extent: |
196 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/gordon.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Gordon, Ezra, 1921-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1921
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Detroit, MI; Michigan; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect; Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
81
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| Document location: |
Chicago, IL
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| Document date: |
16-Apr-2002
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| Interviewer: |
von Roessel, Annemarie
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| Organizations discussed: |
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architectural design; Architecture; Architecture--Study and teaching; Biography; Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; Oral history; United States; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025534-27395
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