WMF Journal
August 15, 2010
Update on Teatro Capitólio
Posted by Fernando Jorge, Citizens for Capitólio
During a May 2009 visit to New York, members of Citizens for Capitólio, a Lisbon-based watchdog group which has campaigned for Teatro Capitólio (1925-31) in Lisbon, took the opportunity to call in at World Monuments Fund, which had placed the building on their 2006 Watch list of endangered sites.
Read moreJuly 20, 2010
Field Trip to Brooklyn Bridge Park
Posted by Ioannis Avramides
On July 15, 2010, the staff of WMF’s New York headquarters had the opportunity to tour Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85-acre park designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates that is currently under construction along the Brooklyn waterfront.
Read moreJune 14, 2010
French Architectes en Chef des Monuments Historiques Tour: Day 3
Posted by Brittany Brown, Program Assistant
On the third day that WMF hosted a group of 20 conservation architects from France, we met near Lincoln Center on a sunny and warm spring morning. We were joined by Glenn Boornazian from Integrated Conservation Resources, as well as Norma Barbacci, WMF’s Program Director for Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.
Read moreJune 4, 2010
French Architectes en Chef des Monuments Historiques Tour: Day 2
Posted by Pauline Eveillard, Watch and Field Programs Administrator
On the second day that we hosted a group of 20 conservation architects from France, we met architect Frank Prial of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners at the Renzo Piano entrance to the Morgan Library.
Read moreJune 4, 2010
New Orleans: Two Current Preservation Struggles
Posted by John H. Stubbs, Vice President, Field Projects
During my recent visit to New Orleans to deliver the 29th Annual Martha Robinson Memorial Lecture to the Louisiana Landmarks Society, all of the joys of presenting the field work of World Monuments Fund came to life brilliantly.
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