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Providence Preservation Society Annual Meeting tonight

[alert type=”muted”]Join us TONIGHT for the PPS Annual Meeting
Featuring Keynote Speaker: T. Gunny Harboe, FAIA
Brown University’s List Art Building (64 College Street, Providence)
5:30ppm • Free and open to the public![/alert]

pps-logoThe Providence Preservation Society’s 55th Annual Meeting will begin tonight at 5:30 pm at Brown University’s List Art Building (64 College Street, Providence). Joining us as our Keynote Speaker will be Brown alumnus T. Gunny Harboe, founder of Harboe Architects, a prominent preservation-architecture firm based in Chicago. A reception will follow the meeting, giving attendees the opportunity to meet Mr. Harboe and PPS trustees and staff. This event is free and open to the public.

Mr. Harboe has gained a national reputation for his award-winning work on the Rookery Building and Reliance Buildings in Chicago. More recent projects include: Holabird and Roche’s Marquette Building; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple and Beth Sholom Synagogue; Mies Van der Rohe’s Crown Hall; Louis Sullivan’s Carson Pirie Scott Store; and Holabird and Root’s Chicago Board of Trade Building and Lafayette Building, all National Historic Landmarks.


[alert type=”warning”]If you’re heading to the PPS Meeting, afterward be sure to make your way down to the Annual Providence Blogosphere Post-Holidays Party at The Salon.[/alert]

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