Has Historic Preservation Gone Too Far?

"'How much of the past do we have to preserve?" wondered Maureen F. Gorsen, an attorney representing the Brandlins. To preservationists, 'every one is like the Alamo.'... The controversy surrounding the Brandlins comes in the wake of demolitions in recent years of several homes by noted architects, including Rudolph Schindler's Wolfe House on Catalina Island and his Packard House in San Marino. But it was the leveling last year of the Neutra-designed Maslon House in Rancho Mirage by a Minnesota couple that set preservations and others howling."

Thanks to Chris Steins