From: "LANDMARK WEST!" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "LANDMARK WEST!" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: 2 Columbus Circle Listed Among World's "100 Most Endangered Sites"
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:06:40 -0400

THIS JUST IN...!  The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has included 2 Columbus
Circle on its 2006 "Watch List" of the 100 Most Endangered Sites on earth!
First, the Preservation League of New York State listed 2 Columbus Circle on
its 2003 "Seven to Save" list, then the National Trust for Historic
Preservation included the building on its 2004 list of "America's 11 Most
Endangered Historic Places."  Now, WMF places 2 Columbus Circle on a list
that includes Ellis Island and the entire country of Iraq.  WHAT MORE WILL
IT TAKE for 2 Columbus Circle to get the public hearing it deserves?

"A preservation group focuses on Iraq and Modernist buildings," reported
Robin Pogrebin in today's New York Times ("2 Columbus Circle Makes Group's
List of Threatened Sites," go to
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/arts/design/21monu.html?).  WMF's website
(www.wmf.org) states, "The listing of 2 Columbus Circle highlights the
widespread failure of public authorities to recognize the architectural
merit of postwar buildings and sites as part of our collective cultural
heritage."

ALL HANDS ON DECK!  Join supporters of a public hearing for 2 Columbus
Circle in forming a "circle of support" all the way around the building's
famous lollipop base.

WHEN:      Thursday, June 23, 6:00 PM
WHERE:    2 Columbus Circle
WHY:        To urge Mayor Bloomberg and the Landmarks Preservation
Commission to hold a public hearing

When the world's foremost organization dedicated to preserving endangered
artistic and architectural heritage across the globe identifies a New York
City building as among the most threatened resources on the planet, is this
good news?  Yes, if it helps snap the Bloomberg administration out of its
stubborn denial to grant 2 Columbus Circle even a public hearing and the
chance to survive for future generations.  The bad news is that the building
is endangered because Mayor Bloomberg, the NYC Landmarks Preservation
Commission (LPC) and the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) have turned a blind
eye and a deaf ear.  Are local politics really more important than world
heritage?

Mayor Bloomberg, stop stonewalling and let the people of New York speak!
What better way to honor New York City's renowned 1965 Landmarks Law and the
many communities working at the grassroots to protect their historic
landmarks, big and small?  Show us that the landmarks process can be open,
transparent and democratic.  Prove that preservation matters to you.

With any questions, email [log in to unmask] or call
212-496-8110.   And please circulate this email and the attached flyer to
your friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc.!