[CPEO-IRF] Acivists propose - "Re-Skln" Hangar One at Moffett Field (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Awaiting a decision

Proponents of covering Hangar One in fabric wait hope Navy rules against 
demolition

By Melanie Carroll
Palo Alto Daily News (CA)
August 27, 2007

With the U.S. Navy just months away from announcing its decision on 
whether to demolish Moffett Field's Hangar One, a group of citizens 
dedicated to saving the edifice has launched a campaign to replace its 
contaminated siding with fabric.

The Save Hangar One Committee late last week vowed to circulate 
petitions and fliers and give out "Re-skin Hangar One" stickers in 
coming weeks and months to build support for the plan originally 
proposed by architect Linda Ellis.

Ellis' $12 million plan calls for covering most of the one-time home of 
the 785-foot-long USS Macon in a Teflon-coated Fiberglas fabric much 
like that used at Shoreline Amphitheatre. The ultimate goal is to reuse 
the hangar.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-8-27-mv-hangar-one

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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