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But don't take a chance on missing future <I>Pebbledash</I> articles.</div> <div> <I><B> </B></I><A HREF="membership.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><I><B>Join today!</B></I></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="563" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="553"><div> Note:  A copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read the following documents. This program is available on virtually all computers. However, if you do not have this program, a copy can be downloaded at <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/re">Adobe</A> at no charge.</div> <bR> <div> After you have viewed your selected file below,</div> <div> use your browser's "Back" button to return to this webpage.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 135 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2e073810.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><bR> <div> <I><B>Guastavino - Master of Catalin Vaulting</B></I></div> <div> By Elizabeth Jean Lawson  <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guastavino Master of Catalan Vaulting"> Link </A></div> <bR> <div> Since the time of Michaelangelo and before, architects have struggled with  the problem of building domed ceilings over large spaces. No one was more skilled at this than Rafael Guastavino.  Asheville is home to one of his most beautiful creations.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 155 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2e27b950.jpg" border=0 width="123" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B>The Pack Family Legacy</B></I></div> <div> By Peter Austin <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pack Family"> Link </A></div> <bR> <div> For some families, public service is more than just PR. Asheville and the NC mountains have been fortunate to be the beneficiaries of the resources and talents of one of the most remarkable, public minded families of the 20th century</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 109 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2e483670.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="103" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B>The Era of the Grand Hotels and</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Boarding Houses</B></I></div> <div> By Rich Mathews <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grand Hotels"> Link </A></div> <bR> <div> Before chain hotels and B&B renovations, Asheville was home to some of the most luxurious hotels in the world. Fortunately, a few still survive.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 99 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2e6745d0.jpg" border=0 width="116" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B>A Brief History of Biltmore Industries</B></I></div> <div> By Bruce Johnson <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biltmore Industries"> Link </A></div> <bR> <div> Today, the NC mountains are famous for their artists and crafts people. But it all began with the efforts of one wealthy woman and a few poor weavers.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 135 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2e073810.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B>Guastavino's Ghost is Alive and Well</B></I></div> <div> By Peter Austin  <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guastavinos Ghost">Link </A></div> <bR> <div> Rafael Guastavino not only left his architectural marvels in Asheville, he's also buried here -- and the memory of him still remains in the NC mountains. But he also left monuments to his talent around the great cities of America.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 104 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="37b6b620.jpg" border=0 width="107" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B>Big Ivy … a Little Place with a Big Past</B></I></div> <div> By Ken Richards <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Ivy"> Link </A></div> <bR> <div> Preservation is not just a "big city" effort. Committed citizens in Big Ivy, NC demonstrated how even a very small town can preserve and honor its heritage.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 134 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2f17b610.jpg" border=0 width="123" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><bR> <div> <I><B>Sallie Lee Gets a Facelift… and a New Lease </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>on Life!</B></I></div> <div> By Judy Hamill  <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sallie Lee">Link</A> </div> <bR> <div> The best known preservation examples may be palaces like the Biltmore House and Grove Park Inn. But the greater preservation effort goes on every day, by committed individuals, building a home.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 108 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2ea79660.jpg" border=0 width="121" height="102" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B>Asheville's Award Winners</B></I></div> <div> By Peter Austin <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Award Winners"> Link </A></div> <bR> <div> Fortunately for everyone, Asheville is the home of -- and perhaps best known for, beautiful Art Deco and Arts and Craft examples. But Asheville has other examples of 'award-winning' architectural work.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Verdana" > </FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 107 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2ec76650.jpg" border=0 width="118" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B>Douglas Ellington, Asheville's Art Deco Master</B></I></div> <div> By Rob Neufeld <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Douglas Ellington"> Link</A> </div> <bR> <div> No architect is more closely associated with Asheville than Mr. Ellington. He not only built some of our most beautiful buildings, he grew up as a NC farm boy, born about 200 miles from Asheville.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 118 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2ee7e700.jpg" border=0 width="126" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <I><B>The Beaucatcher Mountain Standpipe Failure</B></I></div> <div> By Mark Stevenson, P.E. <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Standpipe Failure"> Link</A> </div> <bR> <div> Like any other urban area, Asheville must provide public services to its citizens. One night in 1893, a little ice and a "wrinkle" sent the city's water supply flooding down Beaucatcher Mountain.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I><B>Preservation Connections</B></I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2010 Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference - <A HREF="http://Arts-CraftsConference.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://Arts-CraftsConference.com">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Historic Resources Commission of Asheville & Buncombe County - <A HREF="http://www.ashevillenc.gov/business/development_services/DevBoardsComm/default.aspx?id=1112" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ashevillenc.gov/business/deve">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Preservation North Carolina -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.presnc.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.presnc.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">North Carolina Historic Preservation Office -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.hpo.dcr.state.nc.us/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hpo.dcr.state.nc.us/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Western Office - North Carolina Historic Preservation Office - <A HREF="http://www.history.ncdcr.gov/sections/wo/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.history.ncdcr.gov/sections/wo">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Western North Carolina Historical Association -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.wnchistory.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wnchistory.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">National Trust for Historic Preservation -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.nationaltrust.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nationaltrust.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Association for Preservation Technology International. - <A HREF="http://www.apti.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.apti.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">National Center for Preservation Technology and Training -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">National Park Service -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nps.gov/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Preservation Action -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.preservationaction.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.preservationaction.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - <A HREF="http://www.achp.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.achp.gov/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Scenic America -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.scenic.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.scenic.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Society for American Archeology -<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.saa.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.saa.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">American Institute of Architects - Asheville - <A HREF="http://www.aiaasheville.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aiaasheville.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce - <A HREF="http://www.ashevillechamber.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ashevillechamber.org/">Link</A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c844444400.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">E. 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