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I Upon NATIONAL TRUST I^' I31STORIC PRESERVATIONti Year 11 Most Threat (s ) Status Update Listing t t 1999 Hulett Ore The Unloaders are under FAVORABLE After their listing , the local port authority and the �. Unloaders, threat of demolition. City of Cleveland hammered out a compromise with Cleveland, OH the preservation community that has saved two Huletts from outright demolition. Instead, they were . z• dismantled and stored for future interpretive use, z_4 0 1999 Pullman Historic The District was recently FAVORABLE A joint governor-mayor task force is considering District, gutted by arson fire. how the site will be redeveloped. Ongoing efforts have Chicago, IL focused on the stabilization of the remaining Pullman �! buildings . The state has launched a $ 13 million effort to restore the central landmark of the district. G I I 1999 San Diego Arts and A proposed ballpark stadium FAVORABLE Negotiations between the Padres development arm, SOHO Warehouse District, endangered the District, known and the National Trust resulted in a positive settlement San Diego, CA as East Village, and a new agreement that preserves most historic buildings in the C IF. 4 street planned to improve access East Village . Representatives of the National Trust's �4 to the stadium. Western Office sit on an advisory board that meets approximately every 6 weeks to insure implementation. �a y t 2000 Abraham Lincoln's This significant historic site THREATENED Lincoln's Retreat is the most important "unknown" Retreat—The is today little-visited and presidential site in America. Restoration and a " Soldier's Home, suffering from the effects of comprehensive plan for its interpretation are urgently Washington, DC 150 years of heavy use needed to move this hidden treasure out of the shadows and into the spotlight. In a visit to the cottage in July s 2000, President Clinton signed a proclamation designating the 1571111year-old landmark as President Lincoln and Soldiers ' Home National Monument. The president also announced new program grants r= by Save America's Treasures , including a $750;000 y award for the cottage, to preserve historic sites nationwide, 2000 Dwight D. With no need" for many of the THREATENED City leaders and preservationists believe that alternative r Eisenhower Center' s structures , the Veterans land parcels could accommodate cemetery expansion V. A. Medical Administration is proposing needs, leaving the 39 historic buildings standing and i.'Fft Center, to demolish 39 historic buildings available for new uses, such as housing and community t Leavenworth, KS and transfer the cleared land to college space. From the Romanesque Revival dormitories r ` the neighboring National Cemetery. to the Queen Anne-style administration building, these ' pieces of America's past must not become examples of V. A. downsizing by demolition. G2000 Historic The nation' s schools have THREATENED These powerful resources of community pride, education Neighborhood long suffered from deferred and stability are teetering on the brink of extinction. Schools, maintenance , sprawl- They are being abandoned and demolished at an Nationwide promoting state policies , real estate alarming rate — often to be replaced with huge development pressures , government regional schools in outlying areas . The loss of these funding policies that favor new historic schools makes little sense. With preservation construction over rehabilitation end and upgrading , new generations of students could `.v the attitude that new buildings are enjoy first-class modem classrooms and the opportunity always better than old ones . to once again walk to school . AI t 2000 Hudson River The Valley is feeling the crush of a THREATENED If the Valley ' s rare mix of scenery and history is to be Valley, NY tidal wave of industrialization and preserved, several steps must be taken at once. First, sprawl that includes big-box retail New York's power plant siting law must be revised. outlets , massive factories and at Next, a comprehensive viewshed protection plan least 7 power plants , must be enacted. Finally, a moratorium on new industrial development must be put in place. t 2000 Fifth and Forbes In a scheme that recalls the worst THREATENED Supporters of the plan, which would displace more than Historic Retail Area, mistakes and excesses of the 100 locally owned businesses , say their allegiance is Pittsburgh, PA urban renewal era, the city wants to the future, not the past. But planning for the future to demolish scores of small-scale doesn ' t mean smashing the past to rubble. Having won historic buildings , acclaim for its success in revitalizing older residential neighborhoods , Pittsburgh should know that you can ' t save a historic district by destroying it.