Art Deco Once Faced the Wrecker’s Ball
04/09/12
Outlet: The New York Times - Online

Tourists visiting the neon-lit, celebrity-studded Art Deco district of Florida’s South Beach might be surprised to learn that, just over a generation ago, the area was a shabby neighborhood developers were lining up to demolish. The once-beloved Art...

Architecture’s Ugly Ducklings May Not Get Time to Be Swans
Robin Pogrebin 04/09/12
Outlet: The New York Times - Online

John Hildreth, a vice president at the National Trust, said architectural taste changes over time and then can change again. “There was a time when people weren’t concerned about saving Victorian houses, bungalows, Art Deco buildings — all were no...

Florida hotelier eyes Delta Queen
Carey O'Neil 04/09/12
Outlet: MSNBC.com

"It's right to be concerned about that," said John Hildreth, an area vice president with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. "We would certainly monitor the situation. We are concerned about it." A Florida hotelier may purchase the...

Brooks' Hangar 9 nominated
Scott Huddleston 04/09/12
Outlet: San Antonio Express-News - Online

The San Antonio Conservation Society has nominated Hangar 9 for the National Trust for Historic Preservation 's annual list of the nation's 11 most endangered historic sites. Don Jakeway, president and CEO of the Brooks Development Authority , said t...

DC Emancipation & Slavery
Sarah Becker 04/09/12
Outlet: www.oldtowncrier.com

President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home, a National Trust for Historic Preservation property, is open daily. The property’s mission is to nurture reflection and discourse on liberty, justice and equality. Can You Walk Away?—which is avail...

Master Glass
Molly Heintz 04/09/12
Outlet: Architect's Newspaper - Online

On April 2, Henry Urbach began his tenure as the director of the Glass House, the former weekend home of architect Philip Johnson and now one of the handful of modernist properties overseen by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. After runni...