BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a60d326d-4711-4af3-93d2-1e8d06c7124d@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261012T002400Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:Free Presentation Featuring Noted Author & Architect Gregory Scot t DESCRIPTION:NEW BOOK REVEALS THE LANCASTER ARCHITECT BEHIND MILTON HERSHE Y’S VISION “Urban & The Chocolate King” Explores the Remarkable Partners hip Between Renowned Architect C. Emlen Urban and Chocolate Magnate Milt on S. Hershey Community Is Invited to Free Presentation at Hershey Theat re on Thursday\, Oct. 22 Most people know Milton S. Hershey as the man w ho built a chocolate empire and the Pennsylvania town that bears his nam e. Far fewer know the Lancaster architect who helped him build it. In hi s new book\, Urban & The Chocolate King\, Lancaster architect\, author a nd architectural historian Gregory J. Scott brings to life the remarkabl e relationship between two very different men: Milton S. Hershey\, the v isionary entrepreneur who imagined a model industrial town among the cor nfields of Derry Township\, and C. Emlen Urban\, the Lancaster architect who helped transform that vision into an enduring architectural legacy. Their story begins not in Hershey\, but in Lancaster. Before returning to Derry Township to build his chocolate factory and the community that would grow around it\, Hershey spent nearly two decades in Lancaster bui lding the candy business that would make his fortune. During those same years\, Urban was establishing himself as one of Lancaster’s most accomp lished architects. Their paths eventually converged\, beginning a profes sional relationship that would span decades and leave a lasting imprint on Hershey. “People know Milton Hershey for chocolate\,” Scott says. “Bu t the more I researched his story\, the more I realized that architectur e was an essential part of his vision. Hershey dreamed on an enormous sc ale\, and C. Emlen Urban helped turn many of those dreams into brick\, s tone and mortar.” Hershey was the dreamer\, entrepreneur and risk-taker. Urban was the trained architect with the ability to translate ambitious ideas into buildings. Together\, their complementary talents helped sha pe a community unlike any other. “Milton Hershey could have hired archit ects from Philadelphia\, New York or anywhere else\,” Scott says. “Again and again\, he turned to C. Emlen Urban in Lancaster. I wanted to under stand why\, and what these two remarkable men accomplished together.” Af ter nearly four years of research\, Scott discovered a story that went w ell beyond buildings. He describes the relationship\, in an unexpected s ense\, as “a love story”—not a romantic one\, but one rooted in a shared love of building\, community\, beauty and possibility. Urban & The Choc olate King traces the buildings and ambitions that helped transform Hers hey from farmland into one of America’s most distinctive company towns. The 201-page book is lavishly illustrated with historic photographs\, ar chitectural drawings and contemporary photography of Urban’s work in Her shey—from schools\, homes and commercial buildings to some of the commun ity’s most ambitious landmarks. The book also explores projects that nev er left the drawing board\, offering a fascinating glimpse into just how expansive Hershey’s plans for his community once were. Together\, the c ompleted and unrealized designs reveal the scale of Hershey’s vision and the important role Urban played in bringing that vision to life. The bo ok represents a collaboration of its own. Scott worked closely with phot ographer Matthew Tennison\, whose contemporary architectural photography documents Urban’s surviving Hershey buildings\, and graphic designer Ja son James\, who helped shape nearly four years of research\, historic ma terial and photography into the finished volume. While its richly visual story will appeal to architects and historians\, Urban & The Chocolate King is also for anyone who has driven through Hershey and wondered how this extraordinary place came to be. For Scott\, the publication continu es a larger mission: introducing everyday readers to the architecture—an d the architects—hiding in plain sight around them. “Buildings tell stor ies\,” Scott says. “Sometimes we simply need someone to point them out.” With Urban & The Chocolate King\, Scott hopes readers will look at both Hershey and Lancaster a little differently. “The world remembers Hershe y for the town he built. Perhaps it should also remember Lancaster for t he architect who helped him build it\,” Scott says. OCT. 22 FREE COMMUNI TY PRESENTATION AND BOOK LAUNCH The community is invited to celebrate th e launch of Urban & The Chocolate King at Hershey Theatre on Thursday\, Oct. 22\, from 5–6 p.m. Scott will give an illustrated presentation expl oring his research and the remarkable architectural partnership between Urban and Hershey. The event is free and open to the public. “Hershey Th eatre—and the rest of the historic Community Building—is one of Urban’s premier designs\, so there’s no better place to launch this book\,” Scot t says. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gregory J. Scott is a Lancaster architect\, aut hor\, architectural historian and longtime newspaper columnist whose wor k has introduced generations of readers to the architecture and architec tural history of Lancaster County. His previous books and public program s have explored the work and legacy of C. Emlen Urban\, one of Lancaster ’s most prolific and influential architects. HOW TO PURCHASE Order onlin e: Urban & The Chocolate King — Egg and Dart Books\n\nMore info: https:/ /www.hersheyentertainment.com/hershey-theatre/events/free-presentation-f eaturing-noted-author-and-architect-gregory-scott/\n\nhttps://findlocal. community/event/a60d326d-4711-4af3-93d2-1e8d06c7124d LOCATION:Hershey Theatre\, 15 E. Caracas Ave\, Hershey\, PA 17033 URL:https://findlocal.community/event/a60d326d-4711-4af3-93d2-1e8d06c7124 d STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR