November/December
1999
The
Most Beautiful Trains in the World
Photographer O. Winston Link captured a time and place
that changed forever with the last steam engine.
By Malcolm Jones
Island on the Edge
A waterman's community for 300 years clings to
its heritage and its shrinking speck of land.
By Brendan Donegan
Monumental Ordeal
Raising the Washington Monument was a struggle. Does
it truly represent the first president's achievement?
By Ben Brown
Starting Over
Utopian communities in 19th-century America were marked
by social and practical innovation.
By Cait Murphy and Rosanne
Haggerty
Preservation Awards
The annual National Trust honors recognize excellence
and success in the field of preservation.
By Allen Freeman
Preservation News
Transitions • Can an old
house in Florida accept a new mission? •
The rebirth of Kansas City's cavernous Union
Station • 10 most endangered
railroad stations • Cigarettes, dog tags,
and a Harley left at the Vietnam Memorial tell a postwar
narrative • Yikes! A terra-cotta
travesty in Chicago • Unions renew their
ideals and WPA housing in Philadelphia • A
200-year-old watchtower still stands tall •
Sightseers feud with homeowners downhill from •
Hollywood's signature landmark
• Then and Now: a sound conversion in Richmond
• Who's News
Place: A part of upstate New York where the structures,
and people, are tough, rooted, and gritty.
By Frederick Busch
Traveler: By bus and on foot, in pursuit of the
homes, gathering places, and landscapes of Boston's
literati.
By Suzanne Freeman
The Back Page: Recognition is long overdue of the
gay contribution to reviving historic neighborhoods.
By Dwight Young
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