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Calendar of Events
a training session held on Saturday, Harch 14 at 10:30 Al'1. We will meet at Preston and Hilam for the session.
The Preservation Alliance will also have a special project to sandblast, paint and clean up one of the historic buildings in ~~rket Square. We will have a commercial sandblaster , but lots of help is needed [or the painting and general cleanup. To volunteer call Dallas Hardcastle at 466-5276 or Bart Truxillo at 861-6236.
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PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES
A. Volunteers Meeting
A meeting was held at Bart Truxillo ' s house on January 15 to orient new volunteers for the Preservation Alliance . There was a wide ranging discussion concerning the goals of the Alliance and how ' to implement them. If you are interested in attending future meetings or helping with preservation, please come to any general meeting or call Bart Truxillo at 861-6236 or John Berlinghoff at 871-8000, ext. 4564
B. Ratoff Building
The drive in facility of the New Texas Commerce Bank Buildin!! is' threatening the existence of the historic Ratoff building. Ba~t Truxillo as chairman of the Preservation Alliance, sent a letter to the New York architect, I. H. Pei imploring him to find a way to incorporate the Ratoff building into the new facility. To date no response has been received.
C. "The Last of the Past"
The Preservation Alliance has received funding from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston to produce a book on Houston architecture from 1847 to 1915. \~e hope to have it available by summer.
D. New Convention Center Site
Hayor NcConn and city council ;He preparing to fact the decision of whether or not Houston should build a new convention cent er and if so, where it should be located. An engineering firm is conducting a $65,COO study to be finished by mid-Harch comparing the two principal site locations. One is a six block tract east of Hain Street next to the Eastex Free',,·ay that would be donated to the city by its owner Houston Center. The other site is IOostly city parkland at Sabine Street on the south side of Hemorial near the Fonde Recreation Center. This is located directly across from the "Old Sixth Ward Historical District". It is feared that the resulting commercialization of the area ,;QuId seriously disrupt the character of the sixth ward.
