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http://www.cpbn.org/program/where-we-live/episode/wwl-historic-preservationLiving Modern in Connecticut:
New Documentary Profiles the State’s Extraordinary and
Endangered Examples of Mid-Century Modern Architecture

A Co-production of Diane Smith Media and CPTV
Premieres Thursday, November 12 at 9 p.m.

(encore broadcasts ...on Saturday, November 14 at 6 p.m., Sunday,
November 15 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, November 22 at 10:30 p.m.)





HARTFORD,
Conn. (October 29, 2009) – We see them all around us—the iconic buildings of
modern architecture in Connecticut—but what if they disappeared?



Built in the
middle of the twentieth century these “mid century moderns” were startling
additions to the landscape. They range from the Glass House in New Canaan, to
the Phoenix Companies’ “boat building” in Hartford, to a hockey rink shaped
like a whale in New Haven, and a “floating tower” on Long Wharf.



The
world-renowned architects who designed these buildings took advantage of new
technologies and materials to reshape our cities and the suburbs. In Bloomfield
the CIGNA Wilde Building dramatically changed the American workplace. But, just
50 years later, many of these landmarks are threatened.



In a new
half-hour documentary, Living Modern in Connecticut, which
premieres on Thursday, November 12 at 9 p.m. on Connecticut
Public Television (encore broadcasts on Saturday, November 14 at 6 p.m.,
Sunday, November 15 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, November 22 at 10:30 p.m.), host and
producer Diane Smith tells the story of these notable buildings, and opens
viewers’ eyes to a new era in historic preservation. As the documentary makes
clear, historic preservation has progressed far beyond saving that colonial
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