March/April
1999
End of
an Error
Much mourned, Penn Station will be reborn next door–even
as parts of it rise from the New Jersey marshes.
By Anne Matthews
Simone Swan Adores Adobe
In a Texas town, a New York woman revives mud-brick
homebuilding with methods she imported from Egypt.
By John Davidson
Hope for Precious Legacies
- A Terrible Thing to Waste:
Landmarks at historic black colleges have languished.
But growing recognition is aiding their survival.
By Arnold Berke
- New Light on Black Art:
After their rediscovery and restoration, 180 works
of art from black colleges begin a national tour.
By Peter Filkins
Athens Under Ground
Building a subway may decongest the Greek capital,
but what's happening to the antiquities that
turn up?
By Raymond Matera
In the Shadow of Redwoods
Among the giant evergreens of northern California,
everything shrinks except threats to their very existence.
By Stanley Abercrombie
Preservation News
Transitions • A historic
church gets wired in Buffalo •Urban universities
reach out to revitalize neighboring communities •
A Sense of Cyberplace: Maxwell
Street blues • Texans rediscover the allure
of local theaters • Arrests
in New Orleans underscore the breadth of graveyard
theft market • Japanese artifacts left
in a Seattle basement freeze a moment in time •
Is a contemporary-art museum
the growth industry a New England mill town needs?
• Yikes! A California cabin works every angle
• In Memoriam: William
H. "Holly" Whyte • Who's
News
Place: The author's father, Charles Lindbergh,
embraced the quiet mysteries of a cliff high above
the ocean.
By Reeve Lindbergh
The Ideal City: In older, inner suburbs, a new monster
roams the streets. Known as edifice rex, it just might
eat the house next door.
By James Morgan
Traveler: The Corn Palace, perhaps the last building
anywhere adorned with crops, is rooted in Mitchell,
S.D.
By Reed Karaim
The Back Page: How the U.S. Capitol, a lofty symbol
of national confidence, can also cheer a weary heart.
By Dwight Young
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