<b>Wright Ride 2008</B>

10/30/07

Fourth Annual Wright Ride

The Oak Park Cycle Club and the Oak Park Area Convention & Visitors Bureau are pleased to announce that Wright Ride 2008 will take place on Sunday, August 17, 2008.

Early registration is now open! Just download the ride brochure and registration form and read it carefully. Print it, sign it and mail in today to reserve your spot!

Wright Ride 2008

The Oak Park Cycle Club is a non-profit social organization dedicated to preserving and continuing Oak Park's century-long legacy of community bicycling.

The Oak Park Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is a non-profit organization that works to attract visitors and tourists to the Oak Park area to increase economic impact through tourism for western Cook County.

Together we are committed to sponsoring a great bicycling event for people of all ages and skill levels that showcases the unique and distinctive character of the communities in the Oak Park area.

We hope you'll join us at our Fourth Annual Wright Ride, August 17, 2008!

Why Wright?

The Wright Ride is named for one of Oak Park's most famous citizens, Frank Lloyd Wright, who spent the first 20 years of his 70 year career here, building numerous homes that still stand in the community, including his own. He lived and worked in the area between 1889 and 1909. His earliest work can be found here, including the Winslow House in neighboring River Forest. Oak Park boasts many examples of the very first Prairie Style houses, as well as Wright's world-renowned Unity Temple, which was built between 1905-1908.

There were several well-known architects and artists that worked in Wright's Oak Park Studio. Richard Bock, William Eugene Drummond, Marion Mahony Griffin, and Walter Burley Griffin each contributed to Wright's work during this time. Innumerable buildings in Oak Park were built by other Prairie School architects such as Tallmadge and Watson, George W. Maher, Robert C. Spencer, John Van Bergen, and E.E. Roberts. Additionally, there are various architectural styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries located throughout the town

Wright Ride 2008

10/30/07

Fourth Annual Wright Ride

Wright Ride 2008

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