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Historic Preservation Update with Kimberli Fitzgerald

10/10/2015

 
October 8, 2015 Episode.

We have so much fun when Kimberli and I get together to share our passion for local history and our historic treasures--sometimes Engineer Jim has to cut us off!  Today Kimberli put on her Salem Historic Preservation Officer hat and let us in on what's happening now, what's coming up, what the Historic Landmarks Commission is working on, and just stuff we find interesting about living in our history.   
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She was very happy to report that in the Daily Journal of Commerce, 9/28/2015 issue, there was an article about the restoration of the historic Baggage/Freight Depot building located next to Salem's Amtrak railroad station.  This building has been vacant and abandoned for more than 20 years, with restorative work finally begun by its owner, Oregon Department of Transportation a few years ago. Now, through a state/city/private partnership, a viable re-adaptive use is being proposed that will breathe new life into one of our oldest structures. Greyhound Bus Lines will be moving their station to this site, thereby creating a multi-modal transportation center! The work is planned tol begin in December and, weather permitting, should be completed within the 18-24 months.  

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Kim was even more excited to tell us that a famous author was coming to town! Remember the 2014 movie "Monuments Men" about the small group of men in WWII who rescued valuable art stolen by the Nazis and stored in France and Germany, in which George Clooney starred?  Well, the author of the book from which that movie was made, Robert Edsel, has written a new book, Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures From the Nazis, and he will be in Salem at the Elsinore Theatre, October 15, 7:30 p.m., to present a multi-media lecture on his research for this book. The event is FREE, and he will be available to autograph books purchased that night.  

Kimberli is going to be Tweeting a fun fact about Salem every day!  Follow her @SalemHLC.

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