Preservation in the News - May 4, 2012

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Residents fight to save Woodlawn Stables
Kali Schumitz 05/04/12
Outlet: Fairfax County Times - Online

In a statement, National Historic Trust President Stephanie Meeks said the bypass option meets the Federal Highway Administration's requirement to minimize harm to historic properties. "The southwest bypass alternative would cause less harm to the...

Brutalist Building, Damaged, Gets Reprieve
Robin Pogrebin 05/04/12
Outlet: The New York Times

In Chicago, preservationists have been fighting to save Prentice Women's Hospital, a concrete, cloverleaf-shape 1974 structure designed by Bertrand Goldberg that the National Trust for Historic Preservation has placed on its endangered list. In New H...

Spare Times
Anne Mancuso 05/04/12
Outlet: The New York Times

When is a visit to a historic site in the city more than just a visit? When the trip takes place during this open-house weekend sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. All of the participating sites are competi...

Nine Brooklyn venues compete for historic rehab cash: $250,000
05/04/12
Outlet: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Online

The contest, run with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, takes place in one city a year, and this year, it’s taking place in New York. And Brooklyn is in the lead! The Brooklyn Public Library is number one, with 9 percent of the votes....

Throwing Stones
Janet Langsam 05/04/12
Outlet: White Plains Patch

On a rainy, raw, almost melancholy day this week, I trekked with nine others over some of the vast 49-acre property that once was home to Philip Johnson and is now one of 29 sites owned and operated as tourist attractions by the National Trust for Hi...

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