Jay Brodie to Speak at Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, June 15
5:00 pm, Reception
5:45 pm, Presentation
Chapter office
Reservations, please, 713-520-5138
Lessons from Pennsylvania Avenue
Jay Brodie, FAIA, is President of the Baltimore Development Corporation, a non-profit corporation responsible for city-wide economic development. He is in Houston as a juror for the Main Street competition, underwritten by the Making Main Street Happen Foundation and managed by the Main Street Coalition.
Mr. Brodie has also served as Senior Vice President of RTKL Associates, an international architecture/engineering/planning firm. Before joining RTKL, he had a three-decade career heading major redevelopment agencies in Washington and Baltimore and received the national AIA's Thomas Jefferson Award in recognition of his contributions to the revitalization of those cities.
He was executive director of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation from 1984-1993. He also served as deputy commissioner and commissioner of the Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Rice University.
Don't miss this important opportunity. Call today to let us know you are coming.
Join the fun at the 1999 Sandcastle Competition! Sponsored by A&E Products, the event will be held Saturday, June 5 on Galveston's East Beach. KI/Pallas is sponsoring the t-shirt distribution party on the Resource Center (Old Katy Road) on June 2, and the pre-event party on June 5 and the Galveston Island Hilton Resort is sponsored by Spaw Glass.
Partial List of Sponsors
A&E Products
American Subcontractors Association, Houston Chapter
Armstrong World Industries
ASI Sign Systems
Associated General Contractors, Inc.
Brookstone Corporation
Collins & Aikman Floorcovering
Day Brown Rice
Durotech Inc. General Contractor
Floor Tech-Roppe-Nevamar
GMP Inc.
Grisenbeck Architectural Products, Inc.
James R. Thompson, Inc.
KI Pallas Textiles
Mission Bufete Constructors
National Terrazzo Tile & Marble, Inc.
Quality Services Floorcovering (QSI)
Satterfield & Pontikes Construction
Spaw Maxwell Company
SpawGlass Construction Corporation
Teknion
Tellepsen
Turner Construction Company
Vaughn Construction
Wilsonart International
Workman Construction
Wylie & Associates, Inc.
75th Anniversary Alert
Mark your calendar now; you will want to be in on the fun. In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Chapter's founding, a committee chaired by Joe Webb, AIA, has outlined a series of events, for the public and for the Chapter. Some are special, once-in-75-years kinds of things; others are an anniversary twist to familiar Chapter events.
June 5: Sandcastle Competition with a 75th anniversary flavor
June (date to be determined): Publication of the second edition of Houston Architectural Guide, with text by Stephen Fox and photography by Gerald Moorhead, FAIA
September: 75 That Made a Difference, an exhibition celebrating significant architects, architecture, clients, builders, and events of the past 75 years, curated by Gerald Moorhead, FAIA, designed by Douglas Gallagher
October: Annual Meeting and Chapter Awards, James Hill, AIA, presiding; and TSA's 60th Annual Meeting in Galveston, Kathy Heard, AIA, and Mike Gaertner, AIA, local chairs.
