Why a Duck? To Get to the Other Side! Evanston Viaduct Cam!

Live broadcast by Ustream The CTA Purple Line is closed down this weekend as new 400,000 pound steel bridges are maneuvered into position to replace century-old viaducts at Grove and Dempster streets. The Dempster Street viaduct is expected to be put into place between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m., today, Saturday, June 23rd, with the Grove Street viaduct slipping in between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Normal Purple Line service is expected to resume early Monday morning, with the project completed on Tuesday.

Design Evanston members are holding their own Viaduct Party at Dempster and Sherman at 2:00.

There are video cams at each of the sites, and you can check them both out here.

Sullivan at the Block, Design Evanston Awards, Music's sway over Frank Lloyd Wright, Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference - still MORE great October events

As if 50+ events weren't enough, we've just added another half dozen to the October Calendar of Architectural Events.   Saturday, October 2nd, the Pleasant Home Foundation will offer up A Tour of Oak Parks Arts & Crafts Interiors in Oak Park.  On Wednesday the 6th, the Häfele America Chicago showroom will offer  Digital Solutions: Locker Management (yes, even getting shut up in your own locker by the school bully has now gone digital.)

On Thursday the 7th, musicologist David Patterson will talk about The Five Influences: Music and Mr. Wright's Architecture at Frank Lloyd Wrights Unity Temple in Oak Park.  On Thursday, the 14th, Design Evanston will offering up their 2010 Awards, while from Wednesday the 20th through Saturday 23rd, the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference will convene at Navy Pier with dozens of panels, workshops, seminars and tours.  Access to the exhibition hall is free with registration.

And on Thursday, October 28th, there will be another screening of Mark Richard Smith's new documentary, Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture at the Block Museum in Evanston, part of the Block's film series, The American Architect in Focus, that will continue into November.

The October Calendar is now at 60 great events and counting. Check them all out here.