My vote for the best writing on historic preservation in the last three years

is the Squandered Heritage series by Blair Kamin and Patrick Reardon, which ran in the Chicago Tribune in 2003. The language is magnificent. So are the photos. And on the jump for two days, they featured a full-page of photos of great buildings that had been torn down by "the demolition machine."



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And speaking of great writing on housing issues, although from 2004, I recommend Mary Schmich (also of the Tribune) and her series "A new day at Cabrini-Green."

Index Keywords: historic-preservation; housing