Celebrating 3 decades of MDT
1992
The seeds for what later became Manske Dieckmann Thompson were planted in 1984, when Patrick Thompson joined the office of Richard Solomon. Larry Dieckmann was at that time associated with Rick as they pursued work together and with other collaborators, in Larry’s case with his father’s firm in St. Louis. Larry and Pat left in 1985 and 1986 respectively for other firms but remained in touch. Fast forward to 1992: both were working independently and had enough work to keep both more than busy. At the suggestion of a mutual friend Larry and Pat reconnected and, over lunch at Binyon’s, a partnership began to take shape.
In 1994 Pat and Larry took offices in the Uptown Bank Building, with early clients including Travelers and Immigrants Aid (later to become Heartland Alliance), Sinai Family Health Centers, and Deborah’s Place. A collaboration with Larry’s father’s company, Manske Architects of St. Louis, founded by Larry’s grandfather Walter Manske in the 1920s, was established and Manske was added to the firm name to honor the relationship.
1994
Heartland Health Outreach Uptown
1995
Deborah's Place
1996
Jamestown Branch Library
with Manske Architects, St. Louis
Gary Community Health Center
2001
2003
Carpenter Branch Library
with Manske Architects, St. Louis
Tattoo Factory
2005
2005
Silver Room
Siebel House
2006
2006
Twisted Spoke
Bridgeview Bank Uptown
2006
2007
MDT Office- 4619 Broadway
Assisted by Suellen Long, longtime Chair of the Uptown Chamber of Commerce and Uptown United, and executive director Joyce Dugan, and funded in part by a SBIF grant, MDT moved to a storefront office at 4619 Broadway in 2007. For most of the previous years MDT had operated as a two-person office, but following the move the firm began to grow, with Andy Bonesz and Jane Sloss joining the firm at separate times.
Illinois Action for Children
2007
Viet Bistro
2008
PCC Austin
2010
Tin House
2011
Saint Christopher Episcopal
2012
Boelter House
2012
PCC South
2012
2014
Heartland Health Centers
Devon
NowSecure
2013
1244 Devon
2015
2015
Brown Elephant Andersonville
2015
Devon Apartments
Howard Brown Health
Clark
2016
MDT in 2017 (L to R): Carima Watkins, Patrick Thompson, Varunee Vichaikul, Zach Hoffman, Thomas Wall, Brendan Albano, Larry Dieckmann.
Later additions: Kate Barbaria, Tony Perry.
Parkway Apartments
2017
2018
All Saints Episcopal
Heartland Alliance Health Englewood
2018
2018
Howard Brown Health Counseling Center
C4 Belle Plaine
2019
2019
TCA Health
HackHaus
2020
2020
MDT Office- 4629 Broadway
In 2020 Miriam Mouchtar joined just before the pandemic hit, helped in the move to a new office at 4629 North Broadway, and then returned to Germany as her internship ended. Soon a new crew grew.
Back row (L to R): Neeti Menon, Larry Dieckmann, Kathy Guzik, Tony Perry. Front row (L to R): Patrick Thompson, Kate Lipkowitz, Olivia Yoshioka.
2020
Heartland Health Centers Lakeview
Rise Mundelein Dispensary
2021
2022
PCC Pine Lake
And now it’s 2022. 30 years!
It has been a great ride, and it’s far from over. We are grateful to old clients, new clients, former and current staff, consultants, colleagues, friends, and family for past support and look forward to serving our clients and community for many years to come.