The next lecture in the Architecture Around the World Series, presented by the Steedman Architectural Library and the Society of Architectural Historians, features Betsy Bradley speaking on “St. Louis Modern: A Thematic Survey of Modern Movement Non-Residential Architecture, 1945-1975.” The program takes place in Central’s Carnegie Room on March 22 at 6:30 p.m.

Betsy Bradley

Bradley is the Director of the Cultural Resources Office of the Planning & Urban Design Agency of the City of St. Louis. She will review some of the physical changes in St. Louis by tracing a dramatic transformation in outlook and image in St. Louis through its architecture in the Mid-Century Modern Movement.
At the end of World War II, the city had the form and mind-set of a conservative nineteenth-century urban area for which Downtown was the Central Business District of a small metropolitan region. By 1970, nearly everything had changed – socially, and culturally, and in many ways physically.
Her talk will provide an overview of what took place and begin to establish how we can understand the changes the city experienced during the Gateway Years.
From 6-6:30 p.m., visitors can step inside and view one of Central’s most special rooms, the Steedman Architectural Library. The group will then move to the Carnegie Room for Bradley’s lecture.
The next talk in the series will be “St. Louis Flounder Houses,” presented by Jan Cameron on April 26.
The event is FREE and open to the public.