Traditional Building Magazine Table of Contents, October 2007

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VOL. 20/NO. 5 october 2007

Table of Contents

PROFILE
Seismic Forces
Architectural Resources Group fosters a strong sense of tradition through historically sensitive new design, historic preservation and master planning; the firm's project list includes the Pasadena City Hall, San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers and Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House. By Kim A. O'Connell

FEATURE
100 Most Endangered Sites
The World Monuments Fund announces its 2008 Watch List of the 100 most endangered sites in the world, naming cultural and historical sites in 59 countries.

RECENT MAIN STREET PROJECTS
Restoration & Renovation: A New Leaf
Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company re-imagines a former tobacco warehouse in South Boston, VA, as the Prizery Community Arts Center, sparking the revitalization of the South Boston Historic Tobacco Warehouse District.

Urban Revitalization: Reclaiming the Waterfront
Urban Design Associates' Waterfront Master Plan for the city of Cincinnati, OH, involves siting two professional sports stadiums, accommodating public transit and reconnecting the Ohio River waterfront with the city's downtown.

RECENT LANDSCAPE PROJECTS
Restoration: An American Treasure
In collaboration with the National Park Service, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering orchestrates the restoration of the 1936 Ferry Building on Ellis Island; the ongoing effort also includes 29 historic hospital buildings on the island's south side.

Conservation: Visionary Parklands
The Chicago Conservation Center, in conjunction with the Chicago Park District, restores 58 historic murals in 11 of the city's field houses dating from 1900 to the 1930s.

New Construction: A Carousel Pavilion Turns Heads
Altonview Architects designs a 12-sided pavilion for the Empire State Carousel, a New York-themed merry-go-round that was recently relocated to the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, NY.

BOOK REVIEWS
Of His Time
Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York, edited by Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson. Reviewed by Norman Crowe

Photographic Survey
The Bridges of Central Park, by Jennifer C. Spiegler and Paul M. Gaykowski. Reviewed by Raymond M. Pepi

Function and Form
Lighthouses, by Sara E. Wermiel and Bridges by Richard L. Cleary. Reviewed by Will Holloway

AWARDS
ASLA Awards
The 2007 American Society of Landscape Architects Awards, honoring a broad range of projects and individuals, will be presented this fall during the ASLA annual convention in San Francisco.

THE FORUM
Something Tangible
By Henry J. Duffy and Lawrence J. Nowlan

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