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37 the World. The story that we want to convey is how the Resor family brought him from Germany to the U.S. which would allow him to produce the high-rise buildings in the United States. This project is important to the Jackson and Wyoming Com- munities because the Resor family brought out many families to view the “West.” Jackson became the final stop on their journey as they wound their way through Wyoming. The need for this project is to show Wyomingites that a major architectural project took place in Wyoming and that a Wyoming family helped influ- ence and bring one the most inspirational architects to the United States. The other building is Jackson Lake Lodge, a predominantly International style hotel completed in 1955 in Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, WY. Gilbert Stanley Underwood, former Supervising Architect of the United States, designed the lodge and its component buildings for John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s Grand Teton Lodge and Transportation Company. The build- ing was constructed of reinforced poured concrete, molded with “shadowood,” a wood grain textured plywood to give the concrete a texture of the wood in the surfaced. The concrete was finished with a brown stain to give it a natural wood-toned appearance rather than the grey color of concrete. The hotel is designed as a series of rectangles with horizontal bands of windows with shed roofs. The most interest- ing feature of the building is the large two-story glass window facing Mt. Moran and overlooking Jackson Lake in the lounge. This building was the first modern building designed in a National Park and would not have happened without the help of Rockefeller. This episode of “Main Street Wyoming” will air on Wyoming PBS, free of charge. The Wyoming Chapter of AIA will help pro- mote the episode through many different means, such as re-play- ing the episode at career days and as a resource for architects. We will try to get the release from WY PBS for other public events such as our public awareness week (first full week of April) and the opportunity to show this film at the state Capitol in the con- nector to the Herschler Building during the legislative sessions. Our goal with this PBS episode is to bring awareness of this building not only to architects and the general population of Wyoming but to viewers throughout the country as well. In the spring, AIA WY does “Architectural Awareness” around the state to give tours of architectural offices and other buildings in various communities around the state. We would publicize this episode with the tours that we give. The Wyoming Chapter of the American Institute of Architects will have the opportunity to show this episode to our members at three conferences that the WY AIA hosts each year. b