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Get the Ultimate Plus Experience this spring during the Wright Plus weekend
Enjoy the Great American Housewalk with an intimate and like-minded group.
Private access to Wright buildings and impeccable personal attention are why lovers of architecture, design and Frank Lloyd Wright join Ultimate Plus, a four-day package headlined by at the annual Wright Plus Housewalk on May 21.
Ultimate Plus, May 19-22, is an extended weekend of one-of-a-kind architectural experiences, connected with the annual Wright Plus Architectural Housewalk in Oak Park and River Forest, Ill. The evening of the Housewalk guests gather for Exclusively Wright Dinners prepared by the following acclaimed Chicago chefs in Wright-designed private residences:
· Andrew Zimmerman, lead chef at Sepia, a Michelin-starred restaurant, in the Arthur B. Heurtley Residence (1902), presents complex dishes combining modern American and traditional European cuisines.
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· Chicago Tribune food columnist Melissa Elsmo in the Rollin Furbeck House (1897). In Chicago’s underground supper scene, guests wait months to savor her elaborate multicourse meals.
· Gale Gand, award-winning pastry chef and partner in the Michelin-starred restaurant, Tru; television host; and cookbook author in the Peter A. Beachy House (1906).
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The Ultimate Plus package also includes the Wright Night reception and benefit in the Wright-designed lobby of The Rookery Building, an early Chicago skyscraper, on May 19; an excursion to see important Wright buildings in Racine, Wis. on May 20; and a breakfast and tour of the famed Frederick C. Robie House on May 22.
All Ultimate Plus participants receive fast pass access to the front of lines at the Wright Plus Housewalk and a private lunch. The package includes deluxe accommodations for three nights at the historic Carleton Hotel in Oak Park.
For more information, visit flwright.org/ultimateplus.
