New and Old #61

Friday roundup and commentary

Montgomery’s ‘Mad Men’ modern buildings — are they worth protecting?, Washington Post, Katherine Shaver, February 28, 2013

“The challenge is always preserving the recent past,” Kelly said. “It’s easy to look at things from 100 years ago and see them as historic. . . . If we don’t act now to assess resources from this time period, they’ll be gone, and the…