Table of Contents

November/December 2007

Features

Village Voices
With its spontaneous and informal style, Historic Eastfield may be preservation's ultimate summer camp.
By Jean Dunbar

At Home with the King
The former housing project where Elvis once lived can now be rented by the night. Just beware of the lipstick.
By Wayne Curtis

If Walls Could Talk
How did this old place sound? Reviving the aural record is a rewarding way to interpret the past.
By Anne Matthews

Online Extra: Hear what buildings sound like >>

Taking Care of the Neighborhood
By reviving landmarks in Fort Worth, oil-company chief Bob Simpson builds a future for his company and the center of town.
By Angela Shah

Departments


  • Reporter
    Harvard's 50-year plan to move into a nearby neighborhood • Will Arlington Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier be replaced? Transitions • Who's News Saving a Virginia mill • Yikes! in Stroudsburg, Pa.

  • Place
    Remembering the beauties and joys of life at a Rhode Island boarding school
    By Alix Ohlin

  • Traveler
    Expat American writer J.P. Donleavy, his sprawling Irish estate, and the cult classic that made him famous
    By James Conaway

    Online Extra: Photos of Donleavy's Ireland >>

  • Books
    Architectural experiments at Chicago's 1933 World's Fair tested the parameters of a new movement.
    By Eric Wills

  • The Back Page
    Unsung but imposing, customhouses are among the best of federal buildings.
    By Dwight Young

    Your Trust
    Information for members and friends of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
    Annual National Preservation Awards are bestowed

    Online Extra: Gold Dome Winner >>

    Online Extra: Q&A with Winner Nellie Longsworth >>

    Online Extra: Savannah Housing Project Winner >>

    Arnold Berke's Trust Me

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