Tour Access Living During the 2024 Open House Chicago Festival
Access Living & LCM Architects on accessible, universal, and green design
Access Living is pleased to open its doors, at 115 W. Chicago Ave., from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, October 19, as part of Open House Chicago.
Join us and our community partner LCM Architects to experience accessible, universal, green design firsthand and to learn how it can and should be incorporated in our city spaces.
Guided hour-long tours with our building’s architects and program experts, who have lived-experience with disability, will be offered at 10:30am, 12pm, 1:30pm and 3pm on Saturday, October 19.
RSVP for a guided tour now, or stop by anytime on Saturday to say hello, tour our lobby and learn more. We look forward to welcoming you!
Questions about accessibility or reasonable accommodations? Email Atta Zahedi at azahedi@accessliving.org.
Meet Your Tour Guides
In March 2020, Karen became the new President and CEO of Access Living after serving as the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities for 15 years. Throughout her career, Karen has advanced accessibility and disability inclusion in transportation, infrastructure, emergency planning, education, and employment, and overseen the delivery of direct services to thousands of Chicago’s disabled youth and adults. She is a dedicated advocate for the disability community.
A founding partner and Partner In Charge of Architecture at LCM, Dick integrates the firm’s accessibility specialty in the design and building process, changing lives and breaking new ground by signaling that spaces can be objects of good design that also are inclusive of a broader, often marginalized, group of people. He is a frequent presenter on the topics of universal and sustainable design.