Historic Resources Committee

If you want to start a petition drive about this issue, I might suggest to go to Change.org which is a website where you can create and post petitions. It appears to be rather effective.

Regards,
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James Vandenberg AIA
US Department of State
Washington DC
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A powerful resource for any protest is Edmund Morris's April 21 New York Times essay, "Sacking a Palace of Culture."  See link below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/sacking-a-palace-of-culture.html

The New York Public Library has been called the highest achievement of Beaux-Arts architecture- France's examples included. Granted it's a living building, but surely it deserves more careful handling.

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Robert Miller FAIA
Robert L. Miller Associates
Washington DC
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-26-2012 13:00
From: James Vandenberg
Subject: Threat to New York Public Library


If you want to start a petition drive about this issue, I might suggest to go to Change.org which is a website where you can create and post petitions. It appears to be rather effective.

Regards,
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James Vandenberg AIA
US Department of State
Washington DC
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I have read the piece by Edmund Morris and agree that it is a powerful indictment of the library plan. Thanks for suggesting that we put it into the drive.

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Mark Hewitt FAIA
Mark Alan Hewitt, AIA, Architect
Bernardsville NJ
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Show Original Message -------------------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: 04-26-2012 13:00
From: James Vandenberg
Subject: Threat to New York Public Library


If you want to start a petition drive about this issue, I might suggest to go to Change.org which is a website where you can create and post petitions. It appears to be rather effective.

Regards,
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James Vandenberg AIA
US Department of State
Washington DC
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