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Fox is in running to get aid from grant Twenty-five Bay Area sites are eligible for piece of funds totaling $1 million Posted in the Oakland Tribune on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 by Staff Writers The American Express Partners in Preservation program and the National Trust for Historic Preservation hope to preserve some popular — and lesser-known — sites and buildings in the Bay Area. Twenty-five sites in the Bay Area have been chosen as eligible for grants totaling $1 million, and the public is invited to help select their favorites. "We are delighted to select the San Francisco Bay Area to receive the first major U.S. grant from the American Express Partners in Preservation program," said Alfred F. Kelly Jr., group president of American Express Co. Among local gems chosen as grant-worthy are Cleveland Cascade Park in Oakland, Fox Oakland Theater, the Tilden Park carousel, Berkeley City Club and First Church of Christ, Scientist in Berkeley. The public will be able to vote until Oct. 31 at http://www.partnersinpreservation.com and at some Peet's Coffee & Tea locations. The site receiving the most popular votes is guaranteed to receive funding. Winners will be announced in November. San Francisco County sites include the Bayview Opera House, Fallon Building, Haas-Lilienthal House, Japanese YWCA building, Murphy Windmill, Roxie Film Center, San Francisco Streetcar No. 798, Spreckels Temple of Music and Tenderloin Facade and Neon Sign Improvement. Contra Costa County sites are the Richmond Municipal Natatorium ("The Plunge") and Maritime Child Care Center. Marin County sites are Angel Island Immigration Station, Lyford House, Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary, Outdoor Art Club and Tomales Town Hall. In San Mateo County, sites are the Old San Mateo County Courthouse and Pigeon Point Lighthouse Station. Santa Clara County sites are Casa Grande and Hakone. Solano County's site is Saint Peter's Chapel. The American Express Partners in Preservation program is designed to help preserve historic places that reflect the Bay Area's rich and diverse cultural heritage while building community pride, spurring economic development and driving tourism. Oakland Tribune |
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