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February 14 2010
Miss a story this week? Just want a quick recap of the latest news and website updates? Here's our weekly news roundup, posted every Sunday. As always, if you have something you would like to share, contact us here.
GENERAL NEWS AND POSTINGS
February 09: Jason Hart from the group CUBE design + research looks at our current preservation ethic, using the battle over Neutra's Gettysburg Cyclorama as the centerpiece of the article. From the article, "There are unexplored degress of preservation between its ever-present all-or-nothing proposition. As preservation has embraced multiple value rationales, it must too embrace multiple outcomes. Preservation has the potential to become the catalyst for shaping richer and healthier environments. The continued relevance of our history, including the Cyclorama Center, depends on it."
February 10: Preservationists in Palm Springs have appealed the City's decision to move forward with landscaping alterations around the Alfred Frey-designed city hall complex.
February 11: The Utah Heritage Foundation is hosting a mid-century modern photo contest that ends on April 1 to promote awareness and preservation of modern resources.
February 12: A tract of 108 Eichler-designed houses in the San Fernando Valley were designated as a historic preservation overlay zone. Featuring homes built between 1962 and 1964, Balboa Heights is the second such modern-era neighborhood to receive such a designation by the Los Angeles City Council.
ENDANGERED RESOURCES
February 8: Efforts of Triangle Modernist Houses have led to the purchase of the 1958 Carr House, which had been up for sale since last fall. Designed by Kenneth Scott, this house has been saved from being a potential teardown as it has been purchased by appreciative new owners who will respect the architecture of the house.
February 10: A deal has been reached to preserve the recently threatened Century Plaza Hotel. The hotel will now be the centerpiece of a large-scale mixed-use develoment center. As progress continues, both the Los Angeles Conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation will review preservation-related matters as part of a Preservation Advisory Group. An Historic Structure Report is also currently underway to fully document the structure before any changes occur.
Still Needed! Signatures on the petition to save Paul Rudolph's Chorley Elementary School in Middletown, New York.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
February 06 - April 17 (Auburn University, Alabama): After You Left, They Took it Apart: Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes, Photographs by Chris Mottalini at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.
February 12-21 (Palm Springs, CA): Ongoing now, the 5th Annual Palm Springs Modernism Week has started. Lots of great events and particpants. Modernism Week Official Site.
February 23 (Pittsburgh): The first public meeting, mandated by state and federal law, regarding the proposed demolition of Mellon Arena (the Igloo) in Pittsburgh, PA is coming up on February 23. Time and place are to be determined. Follow the Save the Igloo Facebook page for further details.
February 20- May 23 (Palm Springs): Between Heaven and Earth: The Architecture of John Lautner
February 27-28 (Cincinnati): 20th Century Cincinnati, an annual retrospective of the forward looking design trends introduced between the First World War and the Computer Age
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