DEC 3 – Virtual Tour: Graceland Cemetery: Architects and Architecture

Chicago’s gorgeous Graceland Cemetery is known as The Cemetery of Architects, featuring a veritable Who’s Who of 19th and 20th century masters of the craft – and a number of monuments designed by some the greatest firms of the era. Besides being home to The Burnhams, The Roots, The Holabirds, Bruce Goff, and several others (including lesser known architects such as Lars Hallberg and Boyd Hill), the cemetery features monuments designed byMcKim, Mead and White, Henry Hobson Richardson, Louis Sullivan, and others.
Tour guide Adam Selzer is the author of the new Graceland Cemetery “Who’s Who” book (coming 2021 from University of Illinois Press), as well as HH HOLMES: THE TRUE HISTORY, MYSTERIOUS CHICAGO, and several other books. Though he’s run Graceland tours (and architectural boat tours) for years, he usually hasn’t focused much on architects, because a trip to their grave isn’t that meaningful unless people are familiar with their work. Virtual tours create a chance to show examples of their work, turning the cemetery tour into an architecture tour! All free, with suggested donations.

HOW TO WATCH – it’s easy!
– The event will be broadcast live via Facebook Live on the Mysterious Chicago facebook page. ( http://www.facebook.com/mysteriouschicago )
– ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is be on that page after the broadcast starts (we usually start shortly before the scheduled start time and give people a few minutes to join in). If you don’t see it right away, try refreshing or reloading.
– If you “like” the Mysterious Chicago page you can set it to notify you when the page starts broadcasting! And if you want practice, or to make sure it works on your system, we broadcast “mini tours” nearly every day at 10am central.
– The event is free to watch. Donations are suggested either via eventbrite (see ticket link), venmo (adamchicago), paypal (adam@mysteriouschicago.com) or joining patreon.com/adamchicago. You will not need a ticket or code to login.
– If you miss it, never fear – it’ll be on the “videos” section of the facebook page for some time after the live broadcast.
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More than 99% of viewers have no trouble tuning in, but, hey, this is the internet. Sometimes things seem to get wonky. Here are some troubleshooting tips if you’re new to Facebook Live:
– There is no special code or special link or login info. Just be on the main Mysterious Chicago Facebook page. (not the page for one of the photos or old posts, just regular old facebook.com/mysteriouschicago )
– If you are on the site and don’t see “Happening Now” or “Mysterious Chicago is Live” (as in the pic below), try refreshing and scrolling down a bit.
– And make sure you’re not mistaking the time zone! All times are central.
– Beware of spam and scam sites!