Speaking Schedule

Darrel Babuk, who grew up in shaker style railroad stations throughout the prairies of western Canada, is a noted speaker and writer on issues that combine architecture and transportation.  A Senior Associate of DLK Civic Design, and an architectural history buff, Mr. Babuk has been featured in various media.  Recently, he was honored by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada for his efforts to research and promote Canadian architecture.  To invite Mr. Babuk to speak at your organization’s next meeting, please contact us.

Upcoming presentations by Darrel Babuk:

17 – 18 May 2008

Lost Streets of the Loop (Tentative):  Streets like Monroe, LaSalle and Jackson are quintessentially Chicago, just as are streets like Garland, Couch and Arcade.  Do you know of these and other streets, and what events happened there?

May 28 2008

The Influence of Canadian Architects to the Chicago School of Architecture
The Chicago Architecture Foundation, Eric R. Multhauf Lunchtime Lectures

Date & Venue To Be Announced

Archaeology of Chicago's Transit System: Ever wondered why there is a bridge to nowhere surrounded by parking lots, why odd rows of houses cut diagonally through a neighborhood, or why there's funny posts sticking out of a nondescript building on Franklin Street? Remnants of a lost civilization? - perhaps, or maybe forgotten treasures of Chicago's transit system?

Chicago's Green Industry

First Railroads, Then Skyscrapers

Great Train Stations of Clinton Street

Previous Presentations by Darrel Babuk:

"Of Roundhouses and Soaring Towers, Railroad Structures of Industrial Chicago"
- PDF (949 KB)

William Bryce Mundie: The Unsung Father of the Skyscraper (University of Manitoba)

March 17, 2005 WBEZ – FM “Eight Forty Eight” presentation of
“First Railroads, Then Skyscrapers”

Commuter Rail Stations as a Catalyst for Transit Oriented Development
Railvolution Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, November 2, 2007
http://www.railvolution.com/rv2007_pdfs/rv2007_223d.pdf

"The Streets of Chicago" as the Illinois Saint Andrew Society "Tartan Week" History Club Speaker at The Scottish Home, 28th and Desplaines Avenue, North Riverside.
April 5, 2008 Tea and Coffee: 9AM, Presentation: 10AM