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BACK ISSUES – WINTER 2009/2010

Winter 2009/2010
VOLUME 8 / NUMBER 1
IN THIS ISSUE: Built it/Razed It III: Modernism in Connecticut

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Mad for Moderns
The Bright Lights of the Berlin Turnpike
Connecticut Says “Lights, Camera, Action!”
The Metal House with Mettle

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On the cover: Left to right: Bowen House, photo: Robert Gregson; Olympia Diner, photo: Robert Gregson; Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House, © RKO Radio Pictures; a Lustron House, photo: Robert Gregson


CONTENTS
pg 9	Hog River Journal: Modernism & The Austin House By Elizabeth J. Normen
pg 10	Letters, etc.
pg 12	Modernism in Connecticut Our most Modern architecture. Photographs and text by Robert Gregson
pg 18	Connecticut’s Star Turn in Film The state sets the scene in movies old and new. By Jeanine Basinger
pg 24	A Hip Road Trip Berlin’s “Gasoline Alley” still thrills. By Mary M. Donohue
pg 30	The Modernism of Theodate Pope Mining the past, an architect breaks with tradition. By James F. O’Gorman
pg 36	Lustron: Metal Homes for the Atomic Age Sleek and stylish, prefab Lustron houses called Connecticut home. By Stacey Vairo
pg 42	Shoebox Archives: Modern in Manchester By Mary Dunne
pg 44	The Answer Is Risom! By Mary Dunne
pg 46	Philip Johnson in His Own Words By Elizabeth Normen
pg 47	Soapbox: City Seeks Reunion in Alternative I-84 By Tom Condon
pg 48	Spotlight: Events & News from Partner Organizations