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Click on the button above to see pictures of our "This Place Matters" for the Iannelli Studio.

 Park Ridge's April newsletter notes our efforts to save the Iannelli studio.

 Used with permission of City of P.R. and Editor Aggie Stempniak.              

To the left is part of the brochure for the Save Iannelli Studio effort.  To read the entire brochure, click on it to open it as a pdf file. 

Kalo's intentionally concise Master Plan indicates . . . (click here for more info.)

Historic Iannelli Studio in Danger of Being Demolished!

Park Ridge is in danger of losing one of its most valuable historical buildings - the Iannelli studio.  Alphonso Iannelli was one of the 20th century's most prolific designers. His studio, formerly Audrey's,  is in danger of being demolished.  (Click here for a short history of Iannelli written by author and historian Alice Ireland.) 

News Update!

As you can read on the left, an anonymous donor has offered to help save the Iannelli studio.  (Click here for the entire email.)

The Sketchbooks of Alfonso Iannelli
January 7 - April 30, 2011

The ArchiTech Gallery (730 North Franklin, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60654) is hosting an exhibit of Alfonso Iannelli's sketches, paintings, and doodles beginning January 7th through April 30th, 2011.  Click here for more information.   Website:  http://architechgallery.com/current.html

More Links on Iannelli!

Below are more links to articles about Alfonso Iannelli.

Link to a biography from ArchiTech Gallery (gallery owner David Jameson owns a vast portion of the Iannelli Studios archive and has vast knowledge on the subject):
http://www.architechgallery.com/arch_info/artists_pages/iannelli_bio.html

Link to the article on PrairieMod.com that initially brought this preservation issue to the public spotlight, with insights and images from Tim Samuelson, Cultural Historian for the City of Chicago about the history and significance of the Park Ridge Iannelli Studios and why it should be saved. This is also the article the Blair Kamin spot lighted on his blog, Cityscapes:
http://www.prairiemod.com/features/2010/12/think-why-the-iannelli-home-studio-matters.html

Link to an online archive with a variety of artifacts and images related to Alfonso Iannelli and the Studios’ work (specifically with Frank Lloyd Wright):

http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Artifact%20Pages/PhMidGard.htm

Feature Story on the PrairieMod blog by Eric O'Malley, copied here. It was already picked up and reposted on arch critic Blair Kamin's CITYSCAPES blog in the Chicago Tribune.
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2010/12/sculptor-alfonso-iannellis-park-ridge-home-and-studio-threatened-with-demolition.html

Link to PrairieMod directly - scroll down to Iannelli.
http://www.prairiemod.com/features/2010/12/think-why-the-iannelli-home-studio-matters.html