Join Us For Wright Ride 2008 -- August 17 In Downtown Oak Park

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It's official! Wright Ride 2008 will take place on August 17.

The Oak Park Cycle Club and the Oak Park Area Convention and Visitors Bureau invite you to come enjoy all the charm, beauty and architectural character of the western suburbs.

Wright Ride features picturesque 10, 25, 50 and 62 mile routes.

Note our new start location this year in Downtown Oak Park - at Lake and Marion Streets.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Or download the ride brochure and registration form, print it, sign it and mail in today to reserve your spot!

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