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VOL. 20/NO. 2 april 2007

Table of Contents

PROFILE
Simple Gifts
The pure vernacular designs of Vero Beach, FL-based Merrill, Pastor & Colgan Architects are showcased in the New Urbanist towns of Seaside and Windsor as well as in more recent large-scale public and commericial commissions. By Kim A. O'Connell

FEATURE
Book Ends
New libraries in Craftsbury Common, VT, Memphis, TN, and Jacksonville, FL, demonstrate the flexibility of traditional-design principles in meeting the demands of contemporary usage. By Martha McDonald

RECENT PROJECTS
Renovation & Addition: Superior Court
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Brooklyn, NY, has a new lease on life thanks to an effort led by R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects of New York City.

Restoration & Renovation: Justice Served
OJP/Architect of Atlanta has been instrumental in restoring Georgia's courthouses, including the 1884 Newton County Courthouse in Covington.

Restoration & Renovation: Reopening the Vaults
Following blows dealt by time and the attack on 9/11, a two-year project led by New York, NY-based Einhorn Yaffee Prescott has restored New York City's Federal Hall National Memorial.

Restoration: Sullivan Recrowned
The restoration of Chicago's Carson Pirie Scott department store, led by McClier's Preservation Group of Chicago, included the replacement of the building's cornice.

BOOK REVIEWS
Colonists' Revenge
Architecture of Democracy: American Architecture and the Legacy of the Revolution, by Allan Greenberg. Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

Where Is the Love?
Built upon Love, by Alberto Pérez-Gómez. Reviewed by David Mayernik

Buildings as Events
Japan-ness in Architecture, by Arata Isozaki. Reviewed by Nicole V. Gagné

Still Practical
Modern Practical Masonry, by Edmund George Warland. Reviewed by Walter Arnold

Everything Must Go
Ghostly Ruins: America's Forgotten Architecture, by Harry Skrdla. Reviewed by Lynne Lavelle

THE FORUM
When Preservation Involves Demolition
By Vince Michael

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