WMF Journal
August 3, 2009
Field Trip to Field School
Posted by Jaime Sperling, Communications Manager.
Our communications team organized a small press event at the Dutch Reformed Church for this past Wednesday. Ben Haley (Communications Assistant) and I caught the 7:16 a.m. train to Garrison, where Holly Evarts (Director of Communications) picked us up and drove us to Newburgh. When we arrived around 9:00, the kids had already been hard at work for an hour.
Read moreJuly 28, 2009
First Week of Field School
Posted by World Monuments Fund
Some of the high-school students working to restore the Dutch Reformed Church in Newburgh, New York, shared their impressions of their first week.
Paxton Carlson
Read moreJuly 24, 2009
High Hopes for the High Line
Posted by Ben Haley, Communications Assistant
Last week, WMF staff visited the High Line, a new park in New York on an old elevated rail line that has become the talk of the town. Amy Freitag, WMF’s Director of U.S. Programs, was highly involved in the project when she was Deputy Commissioner for Capital Projects in New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation.
Read moreJuly 16, 2009
Gearing Up for Field School in Newburgh, NY
Posted by Paris Smith, WMF intern and graduate student in historic preservation at Pratt Institute
Tuesday, July 14, was the first day of the summer field school at the Dutch Reformed Church, where students from the Newburgh Free Academy will embark on one of the most challenging summers of their young lives. Work starts at 8:00 a.m. and the usual baseball caps will be traded in for hardhats.
Read moreJuly 2, 2009
Plenty of Life Left in Miami Marine Stadium
Posted by Amy Freitag, Director of U.S. Programs
How cool was Miami in the 1960s? Just take a look at the Miami Marine Stadium, built in 1964 as a powerboat racing and water skiing venue. Today, the stadium is vacant but remains a popular visual landmark in the Miami skyline.
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