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Urban Explorer Youth Tours - The City is
our Museum!
Designed especially for youth, the
Alliance's youth walking tours explore the architecture and history of
Springfield, Ohio, as our trained and knowledgeable guides share rich and
fascinating stories about our community. Each tour lasts 60 to 90 minutes.
Contact Kevin Rose (see About Us) for more information.
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Downtown Safari
Join
us to explore the hidden treasures of downtown Springfield. From curious
monkeys on Warder Literacy Center to massive eagles on the U.S. Post Office,
students will discover the rich environment that surrounds them and gain an
appreciation for what architecture tells us about our community through this
interactive tour. Grades 3-5.
Upstairs, Downstairs
Explore daily life
in a Victorian household on a tour of the grand John L. Bushnell House in
the East High Street Historic District. See how a wealthy nineteenth-century
Springfield family lived and hear the stories of the servants who toiled to
make their luxurious lifestyle possible. Grades 3-5.
Neighborhood Sketches
Explore the beautiful South Fountain Historic District on this
interactive youth tour and discover the hidden elements of its
magnificent mansions. With pencil and paper (and some simple instruction
from local art teacher Barbara Walker) we will learn how to sketch the
street's architectural details and beautiful streetscape. Materials
provided. Grades 3-8.
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Youth Education Programs
It's a kid's
world too! This is why the Springfield Preservation Alliance offers
numerous activities and programs to encourage a lifelong connection to,
and appreciation for, Springfield's rich history and architecture. Learn more about our programs through our Clark
Community Cultural Consortium
program guide.
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There Goes the Neighborhood: Ten Buildings People Loved to Hate
Susan Goldman Rubin's informative and
often surprising survey chronicles how ten "architectural eyesores
[became] icons beloved symbols of cities, countries and cultures."
Beginning with the Washington Monument and including the Eiffel
Tower in Paris, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and
McDonald's restaurants worldwide, Rubin liberally peppers the narrative
with quotes and critical reactions from the architects' peers.
Check it out at the Clark County Public
Library! Visit
the Library.
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The Wright 3
Spring semester at the Lab School in Hyde
Park finds Petra and Calder drawn into another mystery when unexplainable
accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's
Robie House, and it's up to the two junior sleuths to piece together the
clues. Stir in the return of Calder's friend Tommy (which creates a tense
triangle), H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man, 3D pentominoes, and the hunt
for a coded message left behind by Wright, and the kids become tangled in
a dangerous web in which life and art intermingle with death, deception,
and surprise.
Check it out at the Clark County Public
Library! Visit
the Library.
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Design Detectives: Architecture Summer Camp
Lights, Cameras, Architecture... The Springfield Preservation Alliance
and the Westcott House Foundation recently presented an architecture summer camp
experience for children ages 7-11. Through hands-on activities,
photography, theater, and play, children learned about Springfield’s
amazing architectural and historic treasures and how preservation is
vital to our community’s future success. Children enjoyed amazing
settings for their activities – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Westcott House, the
Infusion Campus, historic neighborhoods, and the amazing architecture of
downtown Springfield.
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Urban Explorers: Student Journal
(Available 2009)
"Urban
Explorers" is being developed to guide third and forth grade students in
learning about their local community. Through participatory learning
experiences based in the local community, this student journal will:
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encourage
personal connections to and appreciation for Springfield |
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increase and
develop awareness of the local history in Springfield |
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introduce
concepts in architecture |
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introduce
concepts in historic preservation |
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increase and
extend opportunities for critical thinking and problem solving through
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Houses of Springfield
Coloring Book
(Available Fall 2008)
This collection of
ready-to-color illustrations serves as a wonderful introduction to
Springfield's many distinctive architectural styles.
Advanced
Architectural Quiz
Take our advanced Springfield architecture quiz and test your knowledge with
10 photographs of architectural features throughout the city. Drawn winners
this summer will receive two free walking tour tickets to the tour of their
choice!
Think you can stump us, send us a photograph in the mail or by email. See
about us
for contact information.
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Membership
Become a vital part of the movement to preserve Springfield's architectural
heritage.
Join today!
Endowment Fund
Help support Springfield's preservation movement by donating to the new
Champion City Endowment Fund.
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