Historic Resources Committee

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  • 1.  Threat to New York Public Library

    Posted 04-26-2012 01:00 PM

    If you want to start a petition drive about this issue, I might suggest to go to Change.org which is a website where you can create and post petitions. It appears to be rather effective.

    Regards,
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    James Vandenberg AIA
    US Department of State
    Washington DC
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    AIA26 San Diego June 10-13


  • 2.  RE:Threat to New York Public Library

    Posted 04-27-2012 05:33 PM

    A powerful resource for any protest is Edmund Morris's April 21 New York Times essay, "Sacking a Palace of Culture."  See link below:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/sacking-a-palace-of-culture.html

    The New York Public Library has been called the highest achievement of Beaux-Arts architecture- France's examples included. Granted it's a living building, but surely it deserves more careful handling.

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    Robert Miller FAIA
    Robert L. Miller Associates
    Washington DC
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    AIA26 San Diego June 10-13


  • 3.  RE:Threat to New York Public Library

    Posted 04-29-2012 07:33 PM
    I have read the piece by Edmund Morris and agree that it is a powerful indictment of the library plan. Thanks for suggesting that we put it into the drive.

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    Mark Hewitt FAIA
    Mark Alan Hewitt, AIA, Architect
    Bernardsville NJ
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    AIA26 San Diego June 10-13