Cheryl Maslin wrote:
>
> Dear Robb,
>
> Your concerns about plastic wood are very legitimate.
>
> I recently attended a workshop on ecological building materials that
> included a discussion about plastic wood, and frankly, it's bad.
>
> Regarding the reconstruction/preservation of the historic house- if
> significant restructuring of any historic building is very different
> from it's original intent, the building deserves to lose it's status on
> any historical register.
>
> In San Francisco, the original Main library is on the Historic Register,
> but is currently being renovated to house the new Asian Art Museum since
> the library moved to a new building.  I've heard from reliable sources,
> that the renovation is so extent, the original building is really no
> longer in existence and is in danger of losing its status as a
> Registered historic building.
>
> As far as the materials itself, the quality of the platic is poor, and
> simply not strong enough for the horizontal plane of the porch.  You
> will have many problems, and ultimately, the low cost perceived in the
> short run will be a nightmare of a mistake to repair.
>
> Here is where you can find your amunition to successfully stop this
> plastic wood infestation with the information you need, plus information
> on better solutions:
>
> Contact David Kibbey at [log in to unmask]
>
> A cd-rom, both Mac and PC format is available.  It contains both
> building codes and a database on all sorts of businesses that sell
> ecologically sound building materials.
>
> website for the Ecological Architectural Resource Database at
>
> www.adpsr-norcal.org
>
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I just want to register this note and say the the National Trust makes a
distincion between the interior and the exterior of a historic building.
One can secure a status of a building based on just an exterior or the
interior of a building. I do not know the details about the SF Library
but suspect that the whole building was a historic treasure.  As the
construction of the Asian is  progressing, it appears that they are
keeping the historic integrity of the exterior so that will probably
remain on the National Registry of Historic Buildings. It will be
interesting to have the facts.  I am only aware of the controversy
sorrounding the murals.

Hanna Regev
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