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CULTURAL CENTER OPENS IN BAHIA, BRAZIL
The Historic Center of Salvador de Bahia, a 2012 Watch site, received an American Express award through WMF to develop the "Centro da Cidade," a high-tech center for the study and interpretation of Bahian culture. The main goal of this project is to promote the culture of Bahia in all its expressions among its local inhabitants as well as visitors. The launch of the first phase of this project took place on August 8, at the Palacio dos Esportes, an Art Deco building located at the entrance to the historic center of the city, with the inauguration of a temporary exhibit displaying the conceptual design of the center.
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NEW U.S. AMBASSADORS FUND GRANTS FOR SIX WMF PROJECTS
WMF has received awards from the U.S. Department of State's Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation for new and ongoing work at six sites in the developing world. The four new WMF projects will be at Christ Church Cathedral in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania; several traditional Asante buildings near Kumasi, Ghana, which were on the 2012 World Monuments Watch; the Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at the archaeological site of Cyrene in Libya; and Shwe Nan Daw Monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar. Phnom Bakheng at Angkor, Cambodia, has received new Ambassadors Fund support for continued work, and Qusayr 'Amra in Jordan, an ongoing WMF project, has received its first grant from the program.
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NEW WMF BRITAIN PROJECT IN CORNWALL
Thanks to a grant from The Paul Mellon Estate, WMF Britain is restoring the 50-foot-high Knill 's
Monument in St Ives, Cornwall, in partnership with the St Ives Town Council. The granite monument is the very last work of Georgian architect John Wood the Younger, known primarily for his work in Bath, including the Circus (where he finished his father's designs), the Royal Crescent, and the Assembly Rooms. Repairs began in late July and are expected to last through October.
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SAVE THE DATE: HADRIAN GALA
The 2013 Hadrian Gala will be held on October 22 at The Plaza in New York City. Roberto Hernández Ramírez will be presented with the Hadrian Award, and Andrew Cogan will receive the Watch Award on behalf of Knoll, Inc. The gala will be followed by the Hadrian Gala After Party at Knoll's New York showroom.
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UPCOMING TALK
Join us on September 17 at the Center for Jewish History in New York for a talk about the restoration of Zamość Synagogue, one of the few surviving Renaissance synagogues in Poland. In serious disrepair in 2009, it is now a cultural center and the starting point for a regional heritage tourism trail.
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ARCHTOBER
WMF will be participating this year in Archtober, New York City's architecture and design month, by offering a lecture,"Historic Places, New Challenges," on 2014 Watch sites at our Empire State Building headquarters on October 10.
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PHOTO CONTEST
The winners of the 2013 Everyday Preservationist Photo Contest will be announced on September 9. Mark Robbins, the Executive Director of the International Center of Photography in New York (pictured), is serving as final judge.
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