Blair Kamin THE GATES OF HARVARD YARD

August 4 | In-Store | 6:00 PM Blair Kamin, Gates of Harvard Yard Harvard was founded in 1636, but its signature gates were mostly constructed in the past 125 years. This new edition of THE GATES OF HARVARD YARD [https://bookendsandbeginnings.com/book/9780674304536] (Harvard University Press) features beautifully illustrated essays and includes a new afterword by Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Blair Kamin [https://www.instagram.com/bkamin123/] , as well as a fresh chapter on Harvard Yard's latest gate, built in 2020 and inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Blair will be in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winner, former journalism curator for the Nieman Foundation, and former Chicago Tribune editor, Ann Marie Lipinski. Followed by a book signing. Doors and minibar open at 5:30PM Getting here: We are located at 1620 Orrington Avenue, in downtown Evanston, just one block east of the Davis Street Metra and CTA public transit stops. There is metered street parking as well as numerous parking garages nearby. ^^^^ Blair will give a presentation about the book project, "Precedent-setting portals: How Chicago-connected gates helped change the face of Harvard and American campuses" About Blair: Former Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and numerous other awards, including the Order of Lincoln, Illinois’ highest civilian honor. Born in Red Bank, N.J., he is a graduate of Amherst College and the Yale School of Architecture. During a Nieman journalism fellowship at Harvard during the 2012-13 academic year, Kamin became fascinated by the 25 gates that enclose Harvard Yard and co-taught a class about them during Harvard’s January term. The eight-day class led to a thirteen-year journey that has culminated in a new clothbound edition of the widely-praised guidebook “Gates of Harvard Yard.” Previously issued in paperback, the book reveals the beauty, history, lore and legacy of Harvard’s often-overlooked sentries. Kamin edited the book, which is published by Harvard University Press and includes a foreword by Pulitzer winner Ann Marie Lipinski, formerly editor of the Chicago Tribune and curator of Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism.