Brick Architecture of Chicago - Hyde Park

When Chicago burned down in 1871, it was largely a city of wood. Chicago was rebuilt as a city of brick and came to be one of the great brick centers of the world, producing 1.5 billion bricks a year. On this tour, we'll see how homes, churches, and school buildings of Hyde Park offer an amazing and surprising look at the way brick architecture shaped Chicago and the world. You'll learn about all the different ways architects have used brick to create beautiful buildings and how to read the secret language written in the brick. After this tour, you'll never look at Chicago or the humble brick the same! About the tour guide: Will Quam is an architecture photographer, researcher, and enthusiast behind Brick of Chicago. He has been called "Chicago's premiere brick expert" by Geoffrey Baer, and his photography and passion for Chicago's brick history have been featured on CBS, WTTW, The Chicago Tribune, Masonry Magazine and more. His architecture tours were named one of Chicago's best tours by Curbed Chicago in 2020 and his Instagram (@brickofchicago) was named Chicago's best Instagram in 2019 by the Chicago Reader. www.brickofchicago.com