Join Chris Stacey, a historian of the city of Chicago, for "Chicago’s Architectural Innovations: Creating a New Form of Building in the Late 19th Century." The emergence of Chicago’s skyscrapers was due to a unique set of factors and more importantly how the people involved in the creation of tall buildings responded to the world around them. A number of barriers exclusive to Chicago created difficulty for engineers and architects to discover a way to meet the demands of real estate speculators who wanted tall buildings with the maximum amount of rental space. The result of overcoming technological, environmental, and economic issues was a new form of American architecture—The Chicago Style—that revolutionized the way of building skyscrapers and thinking about form for at least a century. This presentation is exclusively for Club Members.

Event Seat Cap: This presentation is limited to 30 club members.

There are 20 Club Member seats left as of July 8, 2026.

There Are 0 Non-Club Member on the Wait list.

Club Member Registration: This presentation is exclusively for club members. Here is a list of club members: CUCC Club Members.

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Non-Club Members Wait List: All registrants who are not club members are placed on a wait list. You are contacted if any seats are available after club member registration.

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026

Times: 6:00PM Central, 7:00PM Eastern, 4:00PM Pacific. For those in Europe the time is 12:00AM in London on July 9.

Location: Zoom Video Conference

Cost: Free

Photo Credit: Chris Stacey