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This news release led to articles in every Philadelphia-area print medium, including the Inquirer. Attendance tripled from the previous year.

UNIQUE COURSE IN PHILADELPHIA ARCHITECTURE
DESIGNED FOR BUSINESSPEOPLE, NEWCOMERS, ART STUDENTS,
FUTURE TOUR GUIDES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
DO NOT USE AFTER DECEMBER 15, 1997.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ken Hinde, Director of Programs
PHONE: 215-569-3187 FAX: 215-569-4688

October 10, 1997. Philadelphia, PA.

As you walk around Center City, can you identify Federal, Colonial, Gothic Revival, and Second Empire buildings? Do you know what holds up a skyscraper? how to read the carvings on City Hall? what life was like in Ben Franklin's Philadelphia?
For answers to these questions, and a whole lot more, sign up for Introduction to the Architecture of Philadelphia, a twelve-week course sponsored by Foundation for Architecture. The classes, taught by professional architects and historians, will be held at 17th and JFK in Center City. To register, call Ken Hinde at 569-3187.
The course begins January 14, 1998, and continues for twelve consecutive Wednesdays, 6-9 PM ending March 26. Cost is $225 for members, $300 for non-members.
Topics include a history of world architecture, the social history of Philadelphia, styles of architecture, and the future of Philadelphia architecture. Coverage is equivalent to a one-semester college course.
The course, offered once each year, is open to everyone. Participants have runj the gamut from art students to corporate managers, real estate specialists, newcomers and Philadelphia-born boosters. Those who finish successfully may apply to become volunteer guides in the Foundation's very successful summer walking tour program.
This year, the Foundation especially hopes to recruit guides who will lead tours of Chinatown, African-American Philadelphia, and Architecture/Sculpture.
This course earns rave reviews every year: "Enjoyable way to learn!" "I can use this knowledge in my business!" "Wonderful for every citizen of Philadelphia!"

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