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October 8, 2008

Historic Preservation for 50s buildings


Flag over the American Embassy
Originally uploaded by Theodosius (Lucian).
The American Embassy in London is moving - and there's open discussion about the current Eero Saarinen building. Here's an article from the Wall Street Journal. There are lots of issues - from plunging prices to the Grosvenor Estate; this is the only Embassy that America doesn't own - we built it with a 999-year ground lease.

Posted by CrankyProfessor at October 8, 2008 7:51 AM