Committees
October 9, 2023 in Neighborhood News, Social, Uncategorized
Celebrate Park Tower!
Park Tower was built in 1973, and in 2023 the Social Commission led our residents in celebrating its 50th birthday. The opening event was a reception Friday evening, September 8 in the Low-rise Lobby. Social Committee chair Sheldon Atovsky and Board President Michael Parrie made opening remarks (read Sheldon’s here and Michael’s here) and unveiled […]
September 10, 2023 in Library, Social, Uncategorized
The Living History Project
As a feature or our 50th Anniversary Celebration, the Social Committee invited about a dozen Park Tower residents to join in conversation with committee members Bob Shamo and Monique Fouant, to talk about their memories and reflections. What inspired these residents to move here in the first place? What has changed since? What do they […]
September 10, 2023 in Library, Social, Uncategorized
Park Tower’s Newsletter
Park Tower has published a newsletter ever since it transitioned from a rental property to a condominium. Who were our residents and what did they value about living here? No better way than to look back at what they were writing and reading about. Thanks to the late Marian Shaw – and more recently to digital […]
September 3, 2023 in Social, Uncategorized
Condos – Home of the Future
Our thanks to Carlos Vargas for loaning an issue of Commerce magazine that includes the full color rendering nearby. The magazine billed itself as Chicagoland’s Voice of Business and Industry, and this particular issue included Bonus Section: Condos – Home of the Future. After copying the rendering, we became curious and started reading the articles […]
September 1, 2023 in Social
EdgewaterBeach Marketing LP Recording
About Our Town, EdgewaterBeach The text below is taken from the bottom of the Model Buildings display and is different from the Marketing LP recording above. “There was a certain quality to life years ago. A graciousness and charm that have all but disappeared. The old Edgewater Beach Hotel had it. And so are we. […]
Park Tower Horizons
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