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f�llilvit'�� NATIONAL TRUST 4 . .g` Year 11 Most Threat( s) Status Update for HISTORIC PRESERVATION,. Listing - 1999 Four National Deferred maintenance and FAVORABLE The National Trust's Northeast Office has been working w. � Historic Landmark deterioration threaten the closely with the Preservation League of New York State , Hospitals, NY landmarks . and the 4 local communities — Buffalo, Utica, Binghampton, and Poughkeepsie — to see that each r� of these magnificent complexes are preserved. Governor Pataki recently announced the sale of the „p Hudson River Hospital in Poughkeepsie to preservation- minded developers . Buffalo Mayor Masiello' s task : force has crafted a reuse plan for that city ' s hospital complex, designed by famed architect H. H. Richardson, and is currently presenting it to the Governor. 1999 Lancaster Pastoral Lancaster County THREATENED The rural beauty of Lancaster County is today _ threatened by relentless suburban sprawl. In fact, the County, PA continues to battle rapid suburbanization, state ranks second in the nation in land consumption t:�, per capita Help is on the way though thanks to Preservation Pennsylvania and 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, the ky state's largest anti-sprawl group—who launched partlyY` with the help of a pilot program of the National Trust. i As a result, the state legislature passed in June 2000 r-, pivotal land-use legislation thatwould allow local , municipalities greater power to plan their futures . �< 1999 Richard H. Allen The Auditorium has suffered FAVORABLE Recently the college has had a change of heart and now t w: Memorial from years of deferred will renovate the auditorium — in large part because , Auditorium maintenance and in 1994 of a National Trust grant to fund a structural engineering °' Sitka, AK college authorities closed the study. Recently, U.S . Senator Ted Stevens secured u building and announced plans a $ 1 .7 million federal grant to fund restoration. A local to demolish it. community task force has been convened to assist the college, > � •� 1999 Angel Island Chronic underfundin j : E .• i ? Angel Island has recently made encouraging Immigration resulted in a deferred progress with key advocacy by the National Trust's Station, San maintenance debt approaching Western Office. The California State Parks authority t Francisco, CA $500 million for historic sites earmarked $400,000 for the Island' s historic buildings . : on the Island, sometimes called Better still, last March, California voters overwhelmingly the "Ellis Island of the West Coast." approved Proposition 12, which provides $2.2 billion dollars in funding for parks and open space. Angel X Island Immigration Station will receive $ 15 million of those funds. What's more, the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation in partnership with the Trust's Save America' s Treasures program has leveraged significant iNt private funds to restore the Immigration Station. 1999 West Side of The West Side of Baltimore FAVORABLE In conjunction with the area' s 11 Most listing, Downtown faces an ill-conceived revitalization Preservation Maryland and Baltimore Heritage Baltimore, plan calling for condemnation released a preservation-based revitalization plan for Baltimore, MD and demolition of approximately the West Side. In addition, Preservation Maryland persuaded 150 structures . the Baltimore City Council to include the preservation t of historic buildings and retention of small, locally owned v businesses as objectives in the new West Side Master Plan. Now, in final anticipation of a victory for preserving the West Side, anxious preservationists , West Side merchants and citizens of Baltimore await the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement drafted by the Maryland Historical Trust and the City of Baltimore that will save hundreds of designated buildings from the wrecking ball. 1999 Country Estates A proposed interstate loop and THREATENED As many as 5 different alignments for the multilane of River Road, bridge endanger the estates highway loop have been proposed. The eastern Louisville, KY across the Ohio River. alignments would do the most damage to the Country Estates . The issue remains in hot debate and no resolution is in sight. Before evaluating any options , the fundamental need for such a loop remains in question.