[CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION, REUSE: Moffett Field's (CA) Hangar One

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy renews vow to skin Hangar One
To save landmark structure, 'There needs to be a plan' for reuse, Eshoo says

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
January 27, 2010

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo said Tuesday that a serious plan for reusing 
Hangar One must be in place if Congress is likely to fund restoration of 
the historic landmark at Moffett Field.

"If part of the partnership is the Congress of the United States, they 
are going to want to know what we want to do with the money," Eshoo told 
the Voice. "They are going to want to know if it makes sense. Is it 
going to be used for a museum or used by others in the community? There 
needs to be a plan."

Concern over Hangar One has reached new heights since Jan. 14, when Navy 
spokesperson Kathryn Stewart told the Moffett Restoration Advisory Board 
that the Navy plans to tear off Hangar One's siding in November of this 
year. With no plan or funding in place to re-skin it, local elected 
officials have unanimously opposed the idea of leaving the historic 
structure as a steel skeleton.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=2449

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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