From The Preservation Alliance:
Each year an Endangered Properties List is published to bring attention to significant historic resources threatened by demolition or neglect. These properties are nominated by YOU – the public, neighborhood advocates, preservation professionals, community organizations and Alliance members. The list aims to raise the public’s awareness of vulnerable properties and to influence lawmakers who help form, uphold and promote preservation ordinances and incentives throughout the Philadelphia region.
Submit your nomination to the Preservation Alliance and rally support for your favorite at-risk neighborhood treasure… You are also encouraged to print out copies of the flyer (below) to get the word out. Post it on the bulletin board in your office or favorite coffee shop, give it to the neighbor who always says “someone should do something about that great old building,” give it to someone you know who loves architecture and challenge them to submit a nomination. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2008.
The Preservation Alliance- programs, publications, images, events, links and oh so much more
Endangered Properties Form- For more info, call Sabra at 215/546-1146, Ext. 8 or simply email her a note.
::images above from my own nomination to the properties list::
For anyone who’s ever walked past a building they love, that contributes to the character of the neighborhood — whether it’s a residence, a retail building, an old school building, a church, or a strange white elephant of a place (think Eastern State in 1970) — and said “someone really ought to do something to save that place” — well, here’s your chance!
We’d love to find out about your neighborhood treasures and work with you to help protect them. If there’s a place in your neighborhood that’s threatened by demolition or neglect that you think is worth saving, send in a nomination!
There’s an online form at our website under the “Advocacy” tab, or you can email me the info, or send me a request for a form and I’ll mail you a paper one. What could be easier? (And then you can stop saying “Someone should do something” because you just did! Now, don’t you feel better?)
I love the building you picked. I’ve often looked at that space and day dreamed about how it would look all fixed up.