From the Daily News:PRESIDENT Obama's top advisers on historic preservation told the Daily News they will push to rescue two troubled Queens landmarks from further decay or demolition.
Milford Wayne Donaldson and Clement Price lauded efforts to save the New York State Pavilion from the 1964 World's Fair and a Forest Hills tennis stadium that long hosted the U.S. Open.
The city-owned pavilion fell into disrepair decades ago, while the tennis club that owns the stadium has put it up for sale to a developer.
Donaldson and Price said they didn't know the pavilion and stadium were in dire straits until the Daily News informed them.
They said they will use their sway on the council, which advises the President and Congress on the nation's historic resources, to advocate for the Queens landmarks.
They vowed to push the National Trust for Historic Preservation to put both sites on a list of the country's 11 most endangered historic places, shining the national spotlight on local causes.
But rescuing the sites will require local "champions" with plans to reuse the pavilion and stadium, Donaldson said.
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CNN reported that obama's jobs plan will offer $300 billion for, fixing deteriorated school buildings and increased unemployment benefits.
will the Queens Landmarks be in this repair package ?
he will seek $300 billion of offsets to procure this federal money.
one wonders who gets screwed again ? it will not be obama's pals. it is all your tax dollars being laundered through the government unions and back to the liberal/democrat politicians,via union dues and free election workers,in 2012.
those s-n of bit-hes......
Here is a project that resembled Obama's administrative success - crumbled -
"Donaldson and Price said they didn't know the pavilion and stadium were in dire straits until the Daily News informed them."
Horseshit. Everyone knew they were being intentionally trashed.
"But rescuing the sites will require local "champions" with plans to reuse the pavilion and stadium, Donaldson said."
Little do they know they will also have to face the local pols who want to see them torn down.
Is there anything the feds don't think they should spend tax dollars on ?
I'm missing something here. People have been complaining about the condition of both places for years, and rightly so. Apparently (note that I'm saying apparently), there's money coming in to treat them as the landmarks that they are and people are complaining.
What am I missing here?
What you are missing here is that there is no money coming in. Better read the article again.
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