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The National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced it?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s 2006 list of America?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. America?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s priceless heritage is under attack from all sides?EUR??,,????'?????<??oefrom the Gulf Coast to the nation?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s capital to a site associated with America?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s most tragic day. In Washington, D.C., the Arts and Industries Building, the first museum of the Smithsonian Institution and the masterpiece of architect Adolf Cluss, is closed indefinitely and risks falling into obscurity. In Lower Manhattan, the ?EUR??,,????'?????<?Survivors?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR? Staircase,?EUR??,,????'?????<? the only remaining above-ground fragment of the vanished Twin Towers, which offered a path to safety for many who fled the World Trade Center, is threatened with demolition for construction of a new office tower. In New Orleans, the heart and soul of the city ?EUR??,,????'?????<???(R) the modest, colorful shotgun houses, bungalows and Creole cottages that line the streets of the Lower 9th Ward and working-class neighborhoods such as Mid-City, Holy Cross and South Lakeview?EUR??,,????'?????<??oeare ?EUR??,,????'?????<?red tagged?EUR??,,????'?????<? for demolition. Elsewhere on the Gulf Coast, the historic communities and landmarks of Mississippi also suffered incalculable damage and face an uncertain future nearly one year after Katrina.
These are just four of 11 sites the National Trust for Historic Preservation today named to its 2006 list of America?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
Starting in June, The History Channel will air public service announcements (PSAs) that feature the 2006 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.???????(R)?EUR??,,????'?EUR??,,?EUR The PSAs will run at various times during the programming schedule throughout the summer.
?EUR??,,????'?????<?The sites on this year?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s 11 Most Endangered list embody the diversity and complexity of America?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s story, and the variety of threats that endanger it,?EUR??,,????'?????<? said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. ?EUR??,,????'?????<?Ranging from flood-ravaged communities to the staircase used by World Trade Center survivors, these places are enormously important to our understanding of who we are as a nation and a people.?EUR??,,????'?????<?
Sites on the 2006 list of America?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places are: Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building, Washington, D.C; Blair Mountain Battlefield, Logan County, W. Va., Doo Wop Motels, Wildwood, N.J.; Fort Snelling Upper Post, Hennepin County, Minn.; Historic Communities and Landmarks of the Mississippi Coast; Historic Neighborhoods of New Orleans, New Orleans, La.; Kenilworth, Ill.; Kootenai Lodge, Bigfork, Mont.?EUR??,,????'?????<??oe Mission San Miguel Arcangel, San Miguel, Calif.; Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood, Cincinnati, Ohio; World Trade Center Vesey Street Staircase, New York, N.Y.
9/11 Survivor?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s Staircase
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting the irreplaceable. Recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Trust was founded in 1949 and provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to save America?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s diverse historic places and revitalize communities.???????(R)?EUR??,,????'?EUR??,,?EUR Its Washington, DC headquarters staff, six regional offices and 28 historic sites work with the Trust?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s 270,000 members and thousands of local community groups in all 50 states.???????(R)?EUR??,,????'?EUR??,,?EUR
For more information, visit the Trust?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s web site at www.nationaltrust.org.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
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Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
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