Welcome
to the Recent Past Preservation Network!
RPPN ("rippen") is a valuable resource
for building public education and awareness of an often
misunderstood and underappreciated era of design. We generally
define the recent past as a moving window of approximately
fifty years time. Specifically, we cover those buildings
that are not considered eligible for the National Register
of Historic Places because the structures are less than
fifty years old. These are the very buildings and landscapes
that need the most protection.
Membership
is only $15 and provides you with access to
our Recent Past listserve, our monthly E-News, discounts
at RPPN-sponsored events, and an invaluable connection to
others who have the same interests and experience.
Check out the details here!
Upcoming
Conference:
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Roots of Sustainability
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy 2008 annual
conference will convene September 18-21 in Western Pennsylvania.
The area’s rushing waterfalls, scenic byways and architecturally
significant landmarks make this an ideal setting for the
theme of this year’s conference, “Frank Lloyd
Wright and the Roots of Sustainability.”
Over the course
of the conference, lectures will explore Wright’s
life-long connection with nature and the relationship of
his many innovative ideas to today’s worldwide interest
in sustainable or “green” architectural principles.
Keynote addresses will be presented by Professors Richard
Cleary and Donald Aitken. Focus sessions will address public
sites issues and “green” home restoration projects.
Afternoons will feature bus tours to Fallingwater, Kentuck
Knob, Polymath Park and the rebuilt Duncan House, and Richard
Neutra’s Pariser House. A highlight of the conference
will be an evening at Fallingwater.
The
Gala dinner, on Saturday evening, will feature a talk by
sustainable architect and Frank Lloyd Wright’s grandson,
Eric Lloyd Wright. Presented that evening are the Wright
Spirit Awards, the highest accolades given by the Frank
Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, to those individuals
and organizations that demonstrate extraordinary efforts
in stewardship of Wright buildings or furtherance of the
Wright legacy. Register Online! www.savewright.org
New
for 2008! A
Historical Bibliography of Architecture, Landscape Architecture,
and Urbanism in the U.S. Since World War II. Compiled
by Richard Longstreth and updated annually, this 40-page
bibliography of recent past resources is available online
in html format or as a document download. Create your own
reading list for the coming year!
Historic
Buildings For Sale: RPPN
readers have submitted many requests to post information
about buildings for sale. So, we have started a new section
"Historic Buildings
for Sale or Salvage." If you have a structure
you would like to list on our website, please send a small
jpg and pertinent information to submit@recentpast.org.
We can post the information for you for FREE.
New
on our HB for Sale or Salvage: A Frank Lloyd Wright home
in Utah, a free gas station in Maryland, and the Paschal
House in North Carolina. See more
information.
Blogs:
SAVE
Riverview : Riverview High School in Sarasota,
FL was designed by Paul Rudolph, world renowned architect.
The building is threatened with demolition as the Sarasota
School Board looks at options for updating the Riverview
campus. It is hoped that by publicizing the potential destruction
of the significant building a way can be found to save it.
Lee
Gardens Shopping Center
2201
North Pershing Drive, Arlington, Virginia
ca. 1940, Originally planned by Mihran Mesrobian,
final design by Allen J. Dickey. Immediately endangered
by redevelopment plans. See
our comprehensive web page with support letters and photographs!
See
More Buildings on our National Windshield Survey!
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1958
Perpetual Building Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
ENDANGERED! Last
month marked the 49th anniversary of the opening of
downtown Silver Spring's most important example of Postwar
International-style architecture, the 1958 Perpetual
Building Association, located at 8700 Georgia Avenue.
But the recent posting of two development application
signs at that address that call for the razing of the
5-story, 28,848 sq. ft. structure for replacement by
a 14-story, 133,138 sq. ft. building does not bode well
for the landmark structure's pending "golden"
anniversary. See
the whole story of the building plus more great photos!
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The
Waffle Shop, Washington, D.C.
Will it survive the changing times? See in-depth photographs
of the interior at Charles
Badal Photography. 2.17.07
HOW
TO SAVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS Are
you faced with a difficult battle to save an important historic
structure in your community? While there is no single formula
or method that will guarantee that a historic building will
be saved, preservationists have several useful tools available
to help protect buildings and avoid demolitions. Published
by the Los
Angeles Conservancy.
2.17.07
See
hints on our Taking
Action to Save Historic Resources
page.
Coming
Soon - More details on:
Edward
D. Stone - Carlson Terrace
Drive-In
Theater NY
Breuer
Library in CT
Civic
Arena, Pittsburgh
RPPN Sues National Park Service
to Prevent Demolition of Richard Neutra's
1961 Cyclorama
Building at Gettysburg
More
details here
