[CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION: "Moffett Field's [CA] Hangar One windows to come down"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Moffett Field's Hangar One windows to come down

By Jesse Dungan

Palo Alto Daily News (CA)

May 3, 2011

The distinctive, corrugated windows that have been part of Hangar One since it was built in the 1930s are too damaged to preserve and will have to come down as crews dismantle much of the landmark structure in Mountain View, according to the U.S. Navy.

Preservationists had hoped to see the windows left alone as a Navy contractor removes the hangar's exterior panels, leaving the frame to be re-skinned in the future. The thick, wavy windows are reinforced with chicken wire and preservationists say they are an important part of the structure's history.

"I'm very disappointed but I understand if they aren't in good shape and don't know what else we can do," Lenny Siegel, a Hangar One advocate and Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board member, said Tuesday.

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For the entire article, see

http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_17987901

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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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