America's most endangered historic places
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The National Trust for Historic Preservation on Wednesday named its annual list of America's 11 most endanagered places and this year the list includes the birthplace of Malcolm X and a gym where boxing legend Joe Frazier once trained.
The Washington, D.C.-based National Trust’s 25th annual roster also includes historic United States Post Office buildings that are threatened by neglect, as well as Ohio's Zoar Village, a historic town threatened to flooding if a protective levee is removed and the deteriorating Ellis Island Hospital Complex in New York City's harbor, which received millions of people looking to emigrate to the U.S.
Only a handful of the more than 230 sites that have been listed have been lost, but the annual list is a reminder of many factors threatening the nation’s architectural, cultural and natural heritage sites.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“We hope this year’s list inspires people to speak out for the important places in their own communities that help to define our nation’s past — and enrich its future,” Stephanie Meeks, president of the Trust, said in a statement.