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:
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.
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| The entrance to the Great Flight Cage. Photo by Brian Vosburg |
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| The interior of the Great Flight Cage. Photo by: Brian Vosburg |
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| Interior building inside the Great Flight Cage which sits directly opposite and in symetry with the entrance. Photo by Brian Vosburg |
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| 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 |
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| Exterior view of the Great Flight Cage with lush tree cover. Photo by: Brian Vosburg |
