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Article: Symphony Supporters: Don't Push Cliff Dwellers from Nest
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 4, 1994
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An open letter to donors to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra:
I am a member of the Cliff Dwellers, a club that has occupied
rooms on the roof of Orchestra Hall since 1909. We call our rooms
the "Kiva," with a nod to the original cliff dwellers of the American
southwest. The clubrooms are not structurally part of Orchestra
Hall, but were designed and built at the expense of the early
members. One of those members was Louis Sullivan, who worked and
sometimes slept on the premises. The club has never been a "business
club"; most members are writers, artists, architects, musicians, or
are actively interested in such arts.
In the 85 years that the Cliff Dwellers have met, lunched,
dined, ...