DAGSpace: Time to Call Modern Historic
DAGSpace: Time to Call Modern Historic
DAGSpace is a monthly opinion piece initiated by the Design Advocacy Group to advance its goal of promoting good design by encouraging thoughtful public discussion of design matters. DAG SPACE articles are the opinions of their authors. While DAG hopes they will contribute to constructive public dialogue, the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors of any DAGSpace article do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs, viewpoints or official policies of the Design Advocacy Group.
In May 2009, Kathy Dowdell, a principal at Blackney Hayes Architects and chair of the Board of Directors of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, comments on challenges to the preservation of Philadelphia’s modern architecture.
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