Wednesday, August 21, 2013

10 Ways to Help Preserve Places from the Recent Past

Here's a great article from the National Trust for Historic Preservation on how to encourage the preservation of the recent past, particularly Modern buildings:

[10 on Tuesday] 10 Ways to Help Preserve Places from the Recent Past

blog_photo_Georgia Bank 

The bank photo above reminds me a lot of the Smithsonian National Zoo's Great Flight Cage that I saw while on vacation this summer with my family in D.C.  I know this blog is supposed to be about Grosse Pointe modernism, but I can't help but highlight this seemingly hidden and not so well known modern gem in D.C.  The mature landscape in and around the cage reminds me a lot of Lafayette Park's Mies van der Rohe aluminum and glass apartments and townhomes situated amongst a now mature and majestic tree canopy.

The entrance to the Great Flight Cage.  Photo by Brian Vosburg
The interior of the Great Flight Cage.  Photo by: Brian Vosburg

   
Interior building inside the Great Flight Cage which sits directly opposite and in symetry with the entrance.  Photo by Brian Vosburg
 
The Great Flight Cage from the ground level.  Note the detail on the bridge which leads from the bird house to the Great Flight Cage.  Photo by: Brian Vosburg




Exterior view of the Great Flight Cage with lush tree cover.  Photo by: Brian Vosburg