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PROFILE
Better Good Than Original
From its offices in New York City and Washington, DC, Franck Lohsen McCrery, Architects, Inc., focuses on urban planning and traditionally styled design. The firm's project list includes a proposed comprehensive plan for the World Trade Center site, a master plan for South Capitol Street in Washington, DC, and a design for the National Liberty Memorial. By Kim A. O'Connell

FEATURE
In Jefferson's Shadow
With the unveiling of a new design for the South Lawn, the Classicism vs. Modernism debate rages on at the University of Virginia – a debate that hinges on the interpretation of the ideals upon which Jefferson founded the university. By Kim A. O'Connell

RECENT PROJECTS
Restoration: Stage Two
As it approaches its 150th anniversary, the nation's oldest continuously operating opera house, the Philadelphia Academy of Music, continues to be maintained and restored under the direction of Philadelphia-based Vitetta.

Restoration: Harlem Star Reborn
Thanks to the reconstruction of its Jazz Age façade, Harlem's Apollo Theater once again features an exterior befitting its storied past. Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects and Planners, LLP, of New York, NY, orchestrated the restoration.

New Construction: Following the Footprint
A new Shaker-style restaurant designed by Meredith, NH-based Christopher P. Williams, Architects, for Canterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury, NH, fits the character of its surroundings by conforming to historical precedent.

BOOK REVIEWS
The Shows Go On
Theaters by Craig Morrison
Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

Coal and Culture
Coal and Culture, Opera Houses in Appalachia by William Faricy Condee
Reviewed by Nicole Gagne

Age of Luxury
Grand Hotels of the Jazz Age: The Architecture of Schultze and Weaver edited by Marianne Lamonaca and Jonathan Mogul
Reviewed by Hadiya Strasberg

Booking Hotels
The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts: The American Hotel edited by Leslie Sternlieb
Reviewed by Hadiya Strasberg

THE FORUM
The Salvage Dilemma
By Elizabeth Corbin Murphy, FAIA