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Steven Litt reports that a small
Midwestern town is seeking landmark status
for its big-city modern architecture.
Preservation
Columbus, Indiana, 45 miles south of Indianapolis, boasts one of the largest collections of buildings by important modern architects anywhere in the United States. And if the town of 35,000 has its way, it will soon enjoy special government recognition for that. In January, local citizens applied to the National Park Service to have several of the city's buildings designated as the first modern architecture district to win National Historic Landmark status. Advocates...