Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park, Saint Paul
Jeanne Kosfeld & Richard Kronick

Join the creators of RCHS’ publication, Neighborhood Architecture – Irvine Park, Saint Paul, Jeanne Kosfeld and Richard Kronick at a special event at Saint Paul’s George Latimer Central Library.

Jeanne and Richard have created a unique coloring book featuring the lovely Irvine Park neighborhood. Readers may color or paint eighteen sketches of old homes while learning about the area’s history and architecture. The book’s author, Richard Kronick, will speak about the history of Irvine Park. If weather permits, this will be followed by a short walk from the library to Irvine Park, where Richard will give a 50-minute tour of the neighborhood.

Registration is not required for the talk, but please register if you plan on taking the tour to Irvine Park. The tour is limited to 25 attendees.

For more information and to register, see the Saint Paul Public Library website at https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/events/643b17d505a66144669ba897

About the Illustrator: Artist Jeanne Kosfeld paints primarily with water-based media, but her large body of work also includes print and board game design and public sculpture. She started her career as a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist. Along her creative path, she led the design department at the University of Alaska, where she was also an adjunct faculty member. In Minnesota, she worked as the creative director at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for eighteen years. Kosfeld has won several awards, and her work resides in many public and private collections. She has been honored with artist-in-residences around the globe.

About the Author: Richard Kronick has been a full-time freelance writer since 1985, specializing in architecture and engineering. He is the co-author with Rick Harrison and Greg Yoko of a 2010 book on suburban planning titled Prefurbia: Reinventing the Suburbs from Disdainable to Sustainable. Kronick has written over one hundred articles and reviews on the built environment and has planned and led more than sixty architecture tours in the Twin Cities, the Midwest, and Italy. He is a member of the board of directors of the nonprofit Preserve Minneapolis (PM) and is editor-in-chief of PM’s MinneapolisHistorical.org, a guide to the city’s architecture. He often lectures and teaches continuing education courses on the history of architecture and is an expert on the Prairie School architects Purcell & Elmslie.