UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 23, Page 4
March 7, 1996
Study trips in state on architecture

     A series of three, half-day trips to architecturally significant
areas in Delaware are being offered this spring by the Division of
Continuing Education and Center for Historic Architecture and
Engineering.
     Architecture's relationship to landscape is the focus of each
trip, which will be led by UD staff. A one-hour slide presentation and
lecture is planned during an evening of the week prior to each trip.
     The first trip is scheduled for Saturday, March 23, when David
Ames, urban affairs and public policy, will lead a tour of the
Christiana Mall to discuss the design and marketing concepts of modern
malls. The history of malls in the U.S., from the opening of Country
Club Plaza in Kansas in 1924 to contemporary malls in New Castle
County, also will be discussed.
     On Saturday, April 20, Bernard Herman, art history, will lead a
trip to New Castle, perhaps the most intact, working 18th-century town
in America. The town's place in the context of the architectural
history in early America will be discussed, and the tour will explore
buildings and the evolution of Georgian and Federal architecture in
the 18th and early 19th centuries.
     On Saturday, May 18, Ames will again lead a tour, which will
start with streetcar suburbs, move to automobile suburbs and end with
a discussion of Metroform. The lecture includes the history of New
Castle County suburbs, which began as early as the late 19th century,
and today are emerging as one of the first "postsuburban" areas in the
country.
     The trips can be taken individually or as a series.
     Ticket prices are $50 for one trip or $120 for the series.
     For more information, call the Division of Continuing Education
at 831-3063.