The Powers of Preservation: New Life for Historic Structures Book

	Introduction
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Adaptation	1
	Canal Square, Washington, D.C.	1
	The Foundary, Washington, D.C.	8
	The Cairo Hotel, Washington, D.C.	11
	Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, Brooklyn, New York	15
	The Old Post Office, Washington, D.C.	20
	Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.	28
	The Car Barn, Washington, D.C.	30
	The Ford Plant Project, Alexandria, Virginia	34
	Star Carpet Works, Washington, D.C.	40
	Reflections	53
Ch. 2	Restoration	55
	The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Charleston, South Carolina	56
	The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.	59
	The U.S. Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.	71
	The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.	77
	Reflections	82
Ch. 3	Preparing for Downtowns	87
	The architecture of the absurd	87
	The challenge of fakery	96
	Visions of the future/the syntax of the city	106
Ch. 4	Downtowns	115
	Charleston, South Carolina	115
	Nashville, Tennessee	121
	York, Pennsylvania	126
	Rockville, Maryland	130
	Fort Wayne, Indiana	132
	Petersburg, Virginia	135
	Columbus, Georgia	139
	An Alternative to Washington's Downtown Urban Renewal Plan	144
	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	148
	Corning, New York	153
	Baltimore, Maryland	156
	Reflections	160
Ch. 5	City Preservation	173
	National Airport	173
	The Kennedy Center Steps and Promenade	176
	The D.C. Temporary contemporary	179
	Maryland Avenue housing	181
	Rosslyn waterfront, Arlington, Virginia	185
	The City observation tower/Old Post Office Building	188
	The White House fence	190
	The D.C. convention center	195
	Reflections	198
Ch. 6	Expansions	201
	Permissive discontinuity	203
	Preservation in the avant-garde	209
	New leadership	211
	The new preservation	212
	Bibliography	219
	Index	223
	About the Author	229