Mad for Modern

I have a soft spot, (which began 9 yrs ago as an obsession) for mid-century modern. I thought the obsession was going to be a phase, but today my love for it continues. Part of that obsession included driving by a flat-roofed mod home just around the corner from my apartment in Uptown. I would slowly drive by and wonder when, not if, I would get to see inside that mysterious modern masterpiece.

In 2002 Tim and I move moved into that home, I still pinch myself 9 years later. It was built in 1949 - true to the title of my favorite era in architecture and design.

So this personal passion of mine has overlapped into a perfect professional project. Radar was just brought in to handle the coordinating for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and their "Modern Module" event at Christ Church Lutheran in Mpls. Christ Church, first constructed in 1949, is on the National Register of Historical places and was designed by masters father and son architects, Eliel Saarinen and Eero Saarinen.

Details on this event, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 6-10: National Trust for Historic Preservation is holding a series of events designed to focus attention on places from the recent past, including Modern buildings and landscapes and other socially and culturally important post-war resources. Called “Modern Modules,” the two-day events held in cities across the country will kick off with a panel discussion on leading-edge topics in the field of preserving modern and recent past places.

Local bonus, food by Chow Girls, desserts by Beyond Chocolates and retro tunes spinning by Jake Rudh.

If you can't make the event, Radar highly recommends taking in a tour of Christ Church or a Sunday service. And a church insider shared that Saarinen's daughter/granddaughter, Susan Saarinen, a landscape architect, has committed to re-designing the Church's landscape. This is believed to make Christ Church the only public project in the world to have 3 generations of Saarinens.